På gång i Nairobi, Kenya under året

Mest folk — redaktionens toppmånad, skollov i 5 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Säsong

  Dry-season game viewing

  1 jan – 28 febTorrsäsong

  The short break between the two rainy seasons. Animals concentrate on what water is left in Nairobi National Park, and the tracks are firm enough to drive properly.

Pågår fortfarande: Migrant bird season (1 nov – 15 apr (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — redaktionens toppmånad, skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i februari.

Pågår fortfarande: Dry-season game viewing (1 jan – 28 feb), Migrant bird season (1 nov – 15 apr (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — mellan topparna, Easter travel week

• Säsong

  The long rains

  15 mar – 31 maj · vanligtvisMonsunRisk

  The heavier of the two wet seasons, arriving as afternoon storms and settling in through April. Roads flood, everything greens, and the safari camps drop their rates or close.

• Helg

  Easter travel week

  20 mar – 25 apr · vanligtvisPåsk & stilla veckanTrångtStängningar

  Good Friday and Easter Monday are both public holidays and Nairobi empties towards the coast and the up-country homes. Flights to Mombasa and Diani go first; the city itself is easy that week. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Migrant bird season (1 nov – 15 apr (vanligtvis))

Lugnt — redaktionens lugna månad, Easter travel week

Inget nytt börjar i april.

Pågår fortfarande: The long rains (15 mar – 31 maj (vanligtvis)), Easter travel week (20 mar – 25 apr (vanligtvis)), Migrant bird season (1 nov – 15 apr (vanligtvis))

Lugnt — redaktionens lugna månad, skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i maj.

Pågår fortfarande: The long rains (15 mar – 31 maj (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — mellan topparna, Madaraka Day

• Helg

  Madaraka Day

  1 junNationell helgdagStängningar

  The 1st of June, marking self-rule, with the national ceremony rotating between county stadiums. Offices and banks shut and the roads out of the city are heavy the evening before. Källa ↗

Mest folk — redaktionens toppmånad, Safari high season

• Natur

  Mara migration season

  1 jul – 31 okt · vanligtvisDjurlivssäsongBoka tidigt

  The herds cross in from the Serengeti and the Mara River crossings run from late July into October. Nairobi is the way in and out, and the reason its flights are full. Källa ↗

• Säsong

  Safari high season

  1 jul – 15 oktTorrsäsongTrångtBoka tidigt

  Cool, dry and the busiest stretch of the year for the camps, while the city itself is quiet and comfortable. Book the Mara side of the trip a long way ahead.

Mest folk — redaktionens toppmånad, Safari high season

Inget nytt börjar i augusti.

Pågår fortfarande: Mara migration season (1 jul – 31 okt (vanligtvis)), Safari high season (1 jul – 15 okt)

Mest folk — redaktionens toppmånad, Safari high season

Inget nytt börjar i september.

Pågår fortfarande: Mara migration season (1 jul – 31 okt (vanligtvis)), Safari high season (1 jul – 15 okt)

Mycket folk — mellan topparna, Safari high season

• Natur

  Jacaranda on the old avenues

  1 okt – 15 nov · vanligtvis

  The colonial-era streets around Upper Hill and Westlands go purple as the short rains start, and the petals end up thicker on the pavement than on the tree. Källa ↗

• Festival

  Nairobi Marathon

  25 oktSportevenemangTrångtStängningar

  Thirty thousand runners on the Southern Bypass in late October, in the country that produces most of the world's distance champions. The road closures start early. Källa ↗

• Säsong

  The short rains

  20 okt – 15 dec · vanligtvisMonsun

  Lighter and less reliable than the long rains, usually starting late in October. Low season for safaris, green everywhere, and the cheapest the camps get.

• Helg

  Mashujaa Day

  20 oktNationell helgdagStängningar

  Heroes' Day on 20 October, a public holiday landing in the busiest safari month of the year. When it falls next to a weekend the Mara flights and the Naivasha road both fill up. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Mara migration season (1 jul – 31 okt (vanligtvis)), Safari high season (1 jul – 15 okt)

Lugnt — redaktionens lugna månad, skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Natur

  Migrant bird season

  1 nov – 15 apr · vanligtvisFågelsäsong

  Palearctic migrants arrive with the short rains and stay into April, which is when the national park, the Athi plains and the Rift lakes an hour away hold the most species. The residents are there all year. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Jacaranda on the old avenues (1 okt – 15 nov (vanligtvis)), The short rains (20 okt – 15 dec (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — redaktionens toppmånad, Jamhuri Day

• Helg

  Jamhuri Day

  12 decSkollovStängningarTrångt

  Independence day, a public holiday with a stadium ceremony, and the start of the stretch when Kenyan families fill the parks and the coast for the holidays. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: The short rains (20 okt – 15 dec (vanligtvis)), Migrant bird season (1 nov – 15 apr (vanligtvis))