På gång i Punta Cana (Dominican Republic), Dominican Republic under året

Mest folk — Virgen de la Altagracia, Dry season and peak weeks

• Natur

  Humpback whales in Samana Bay

  15 jan – 31 marValsäsong

  Thousands of North Atlantic humpbacks calve in Samana Bay, and the environment ministry opens and closes the watching season by decree each year. It is a long day trip from here, three hours each way, and February is the thick of it.

• Helg

  Virgen de la Altagracia

  20–22 janNationell helgdagStängningarTrångt

  The country's patron day on 21 January, and the basilica at Higuey half an hour inland takes pilgrims through the night. Offices and banks close and the road west of Punta Cana crawls. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Dry season and peak weeks (1 dec – 30 apr), Christmas and New Year peak (18 dec – 5 jan)

Mest folk — Dominican Carnival, Dry season and peak weeks

• Festival

  Dominican Carnival

  1 feb – 5 mar · vanligtvisTrångt

  The diablos cojuelos parade every Sunday in February, loudest at La Vega, and the national parade closes it on Santo Domingo's Malecon at the end of the month. Almost none of it reaches the resort strip, so it is a drive. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Humpback whales in Samana Bay (15 jan – 31 mar), Dry season and peak weeks (1 dec – 30 apr)

Mest folk — Dominican Carnival, Semana Santa

• Risk

  Sargassum on the east beaches

  15 mar – 31 aug · vanligtvisSargassosäsong

  Bavaro and Macao face east into the drift and take the brunt of it; hotels rake at dawn and the sheltered coves clear faster. It swings hugely week to week, so a live tracker beats any average. Källa ↗

• Natur

  Turtle nesting on the east coast

  15 mar – 15 nov · vanligtvis

  Hawksbills and the odd leatherback come up the Bavaro and Macao sand from spring to late autumn. The resorts stake the nests off and dim the beach lights; the hatchlings go out after dark.

• Helg

  Semana Santa

  29 mar – 5 aprPåsk & stilla veckanTrångtBoka tidigt

  Dominicans take the whole week off and drive to the coast, so the east fills with domestic traffic on top of the flights. Expect road checkpoints and restricted alcohol sales around Good Friday. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Humpback whales in Samana Bay (15 jan – 31 mar), Dominican Carnival (1 feb – 5 mar (vanligtvis)), Dry season and peak weeks (1 dec – 30 apr)

Mest folk — Semana Santa, Dry season and peak weeks

Inget nytt börjar i april.

Pågår fortfarande: Sargassum on the east beaches (15 mar – 31 aug (vanligtvis)), Turtle nesting on the east coast (15 mar – 15 nov (vanligtvis)), Semana Santa (29 mar – 5 apr), Dry season and peak weeks (1 dec – 30 apr)

Mellansäsong — en helt vanlig månad

Inget nytt börjar i maj.

Pågår fortfarande: Sargassum on the east beaches (15 mar – 31 aug (vanligtvis)), Turtle nesting on the east coast (15 mar – 15 nov (vanligtvis))

Mellansäsong — skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en helt vanlig månad

• Risk

  Hurricane season

  1 jun – 30 nov

  Hispaniola sits in the main track and the risk is loaded into the September and October half of the season. Most weeks pass without a warning, and the resorts price it accordingly, but the change policy is the thing to read. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Sargassum on the east beaches (15 mar – 31 aug (vanligtvis)), Turtle nesting on the east coast (15 mar – 15 nov (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Summer school-holiday peak, skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Säsong

  Summer school-holiday peak

  1 jul – 31 augSkollovTrångtBoka tidigt

  The second peak and a different crowd: Dominican, Latin American and Spanish families on school holidays rather than the winter sun crowd. Family rooms and connecting doors go first.

Pågår fortfarande: Sargassum on the east beaches (15 mar – 31 aug (vanligtvis)), Turtle nesting on the east coast (15 mar – 15 nov (vanligtvis)), Hurricane season (1 jun – 30 nov)

Mycket folk — Summer school-holiday peak, skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i augusti.

Pågår fortfarande: Sargassum on the east beaches (15 mar – 31 aug (vanligtvis)), Turtle nesting on the east coast (15 mar – 15 nov (vanligtvis)), Hurricane season (1 jun – 30 nov), Summer school-holiday peak (1 jul – 31 aug)

Lugnt — skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en av dess sämsta vädermånader

Inget nytt börjar i september.

Pågår fortfarande: Turtle nesting on the east coast (15 mar – 15 nov (vanligtvis)), Hurricane season (1 jun – 30 nov)

Lugnt — en av dess sämsta vädermånader

Inget nytt börjar i oktober.

Pågår fortfarande: Turtle nesting on the east coast (15 mar – 15 nov (vanligtvis)), Hurricane season (1 jun – 30 nov)

Lugnt — en av dess sämsta vädermånader

Inget nytt börjar i november.

Pågår fortfarande: Turtle nesting on the east coast (15 mar – 15 nov (vanligtvis)), Hurricane season (1 jun – 30 nov)

Mest folk — Dry season and peak weeks, Christmas and New Year peak

• Säsong

  Dry season and peak weeks

  1 dec – 30 aprTrångtBoka tidigt

  The drier half of the year and the reason every seat from the north is full: the trade wind blows most afternoons, the sea flattens, and the all-inclusive strip runs at capacity from mid-December to mid-April.

• Helg

  Christmas and New Year peak

  18 dec – 5 janJul & nyårTrångtBoka tidigt

  The most expensive fortnight of the year here by a wide margin, with minimum-stay rules at most of the bigger resorts and New Year's Eve dinners sold separately. Book it in spring or take January instead. Källa ↗