På gång i Rio de Janeiro (Rio), Brazil under året

Mest folk — redaktionens toppmånad, Reveillon on Copacabana

• Regel

  Corcovado timed tickets

  1 jan – 31 decBoka tidigt

  You reach the statue on the cog train or an authorised van, both sold as timed slots online, and the clear mornings after a storm sell out first. Turning up at Cosme Velho on the day rarely works. Källa ↗

• Säsong

  Warmest sea of the year

  15 jan – 15 apr · vanligtvisHavet varmt nog

  The Atlantic off Ipanema and Copacabana holds its heat well past the summer crowds; the water is at its best in March, when the beaches have emptied.

Pågår fortfarande: Late-afternoon storms (1 dec – 31 mar (vanligtvis)), Reveillon on Copacabana (30 dec – 1 jan)

Mest folk — redaktionens toppmånad, Carnival

• Festival

  Carnival

  13–18 febTrångtBoka tidigt

  The city stops for the best part of a week. Street blocos run from breakfast for a fortnight beforehand, the Sambadrome parades run overnight, and everything costs more. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Corcovado timed tickets (1 jan – 31 dec), Warmest sea of the year (15 jan – 15 apr (vanligtvis)), Late-afternoon storms (1 dec – 31 mar (vanligtvis))

Mellansäsong — mellan topparna, skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• 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: Corcovado timed tickets (1 jan – 31 dec), Warmest sea of the year (15 jan – 15 apr (vanligtvis)), Carnival (13–18 feb), Late-afternoon storms (1 dec – 31 mar (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — mellan topparna, Semana Santa long weekend

• Helg

  Dia de Sao Jorge

  23 aprNationell helgdagStängningarTrångt

  A state holiday in Rio and a genuinely popular one: queues round the block at the Sao Jorge church in Quinta da Boa Vista from dawn, and offices and banks shut for the day. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Corcovado timed tickets (1 jan – 31 dec), Warmest sea of the year (15 jan – 15 apr (vanligtvis)), Semana Santa long weekend (3–5 apr)

Mellansäsong — mellan topparna

• Säsong

  Dry season

  15 maj – 15 sep · vanligtvis

  Warm days, cool nights and the clearest air of the year: the months when Corcovado and Pao de Acucar actually show you the city rather than a cloud.

Pågår fortfarande: Corcovado timed tickets (1 jan – 31 dec)

Mellansäsong — mellan topparna, skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Festival

  Festa Junina

  1–30 junStor festival

  Bonfires, quadrilha dancing and corn in every form, held in squares and schools right through June, in the driest and clearest month of the year here. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Corcovado timed tickets (1 jan – 31 dec), Dry season (15 maj – 15 sep (vanligtvis))

Lugnt — redaktionens lugna månad, Brazilian winter holidays

• Säsong

  Brazilian winter holidays

  1–31 julSkollovTrångt

  Schools across the country break for July and Rio takes a domestic crowd rather than a foreign one. Sugarloaf and Corcovado queue on the clear days, and flights from Sao Paulo are priced for it.

Pågår fortfarande: Corcovado timed tickets (1 jan – 31 dec), Dry season (15 maj – 15 sep (vanligtvis))

Mellansäsong — mellan topparna

• Natur

  Ipe trees in flower

  15 aug – 30 sep · vanligtvisVildblommor & blomning

  The yellow ipes come out across the city and the Tijuca forest in late winter, weeks before anything else looks like spring.

Pågår fortfarande: Corcovado timed tickets (1 jan – 31 dec), Dry season (15 maj – 15 sep (vanligtvis))

Mellansäsong — mellan topparna, skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i september.

Pågår fortfarande: Corcovado timed tickets (1 jan – 31 dec), Dry season (15 maj – 15 sep (vanligtvis)), Ipe trees in flower (15 aug – 30 sep (vanligtvis))

Mellansäsong — mellan topparna

Inget nytt börjar i oktober.

Pågår fortfarande: Corcovado timed tickets (1 jan – 31 dec)

Mest folk — redaktionens toppmånad

Inget nytt börjar i november.

Pågår fortfarande: Corcovado timed tickets (1 jan – 31 dec)

Mest folk — redaktionens toppmånad, Reveillon on Copacabana

• Risk

  Late-afternoon storms

  1 dec – 31 mar · vanligtvisÖversvämningssäsong

  Summer heat builds into heavy storms that arrive in the late afternoon and can flood the road tunnels and the north zone within an hour, then clear. Källa ↗

• Festival

  Reveillon on Copacabana

  30 dec – 1 janJul & nyårTrångt

  Two million people in white on the beach for midnight, offerings pushed into the sea, and no way in or out of the south zone by car for hours. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Corcovado timed tickets (1 jan – 31 dec)