På gång i Natal, Brazil under året

Mest folk — Brazilian summer season, Reveillon on Ponta Negra

Inget nytt börjar i januari.

Pågår fortfarande: Trade-wind season (1 aug – 15 jan (vanligtvis)), Brazilian summer season (15 dec – 28 feb), Reveillon on Ponta Negra (25 dec – 1 jan (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Carnaval week, Brazilian summer season

• Festival

  Carnaval week

  14–18 febKarnevalTrångtBoka tidigtStängningar

  Carnaval is Brazil's biggest holiday: banks, offices and many shops close from Monday to midday on Ash Wednesday, and Brazilians travel in huge numbers, so flights, buses and rooms sell out and cost the most of the year. Book well ahead. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Brazilian summer season (15 dec – 28 feb)

Lugnt — skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en av dess sämsta vädermånader

• Helg

  Semana Santa long weekend

  3–5 aprPåsk & stilla veckanTrångtBoka tidigt

  Good Friday is a national holiday and the Easter weekend is one of the year's busiest for domestic travel: roads and bus stations jam, beach towns and country retreats fill with Brazilian families, and prices rise. Many shops close on Good Friday. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Carnaval week (14–18 feb)

Mycket folk — Semana Santa long weekend

Inget nytt börjar i april.

Pågår fortfarande: Semana Santa long weekend (3–5 apr)

Lugnt — en av dess sämsta vädermånader

Inget nytt börjar i maj.

Mycket folk — São João de Natal, skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Festival

  São João de Natal

  5–28 junStor festivalTrångt

  June is forró month across the Northeast, and the city runs free weekend shows at Arena das Dunas and in the north zone, with quadrilha dance contests and corn dishes. Many locals head inland for the bigger country festivities around 24 June. Källa ↗

Mest folk — July school holidays, July winter break i Brazil

• Säsong

  July school holidays

  1–31 julTrångt

  Brazilian families use the winter school break to head for the Northeast coast, and Natal is one of the most booked cities for it. Ponta Negra hotels, buggy tours to Genipabu and the dune trips fill up and prices climb for the month.

Mycket folk — en av dess bästa vädermånader

• Säsong

  Trade-wind season

  1 aug – 15 jan · vanligtvis

  The alisios blow hard and steadily along this coast from August, which is why the kite schools north and south of the city fill from September. Beach umbrellas and restaurant tables lose out.

Mycket folk — skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en av dess bästa vädermånader

Inget nytt börjar i september.

Pågår fortfarande: Trade-wind season (1 aug – 15 jan (vanligtvis))

Mellansäsong — en helt vanlig månad

Inget nytt börjar i oktober.

Pågår fortfarande: Trade-wind season (1 aug – 15 jan (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — en av dess bästa vädermånader

• Festival

  Carnatal

  4–6 decKarnevalTrångtBoka tidigt

  The city's out-of-season carnival runs three nights around the Arena das Dunas in early December, trios electricos towing blocos behind them. Hotels charge New Year rates for it. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Trade-wind season (1 aug – 15 jan (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Carnatal, Brazilian summer season

• Säsong

  Brazilian summer season

  15 dec – 28 febSkollovTrångt

  School is out across the country and the northeast beaches are where it goes. Buggy runs to the dunes book out a day ahead in January and the seafront restaurants keep a queue.

• Säsong

  Reveillon on Ponta Negra

  25 dec – 1 jan · vanligtvisJul & nyårTrångtBoka tidigt

  The city's New Year happens on the Ponta Negra seafront, stage and fireworks on the sand and a crowd in six figures. Getting a taxi off the beach afterwards takes hours.

Pågår fortfarande: Trade-wind season (1 aug – 15 jan (vanligtvis)), Carnatal (4–6 dec)