På gång i San Juan (Puerto Rico), Puerto Rico under året

Mest folk — Fiestas de la Calle San Sebastian, Cruise season in the old city

• Regel

  El Yunque timed reservation

  1 jan – 31 decBoka tidigtStängningar

  The main road into the rainforest, the one with the waterfalls and the tower, needs a timed entry reservation booked ahead. Cars without one are turned round at the gate on busy mornings. Källa ↗

• Natur

  Bioluminescent bay nights

  1 jan – 31 decBioluminiscensBoka tidigt

  Laguna Grande at Fajardo glows all year, but only on the dark nights: operators sell by moon phase, and a full moon washes it out entirely. Rain in the week before also thins it.

• Festival

  Fiestas de la Calle San Sebastian

  14–24 jan · vanligtvisStor festivalTrångtBoka tidigt

  Four nights that shut Old San Juan to traffic and close out the island's Christmas: cabezudos in the morning, artisans on Calle Norzagaray, and cobbles packed shoulder to shoulder after dark. Rooms in the old city go by autumn. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Cruise season in the old city (1 nov – 30 apr (vanligtvis)), Winter north swell (15 nov – 31 mar (vanligtvis)), The long Christmas season (19 nov – 24 jan)

Mest folk — Ponce Carnival, Cruise season in the old city

• Festival

  Ponce Carnival

  1 feb – 5 mar · vanligtvisTrångt

  The island's carnival happens in Ponce, ninety minutes south, in the week before Ash Wednesday: papier-mache vejigante masks, a Sunday parade and the burial of the sardine on the last night. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: El Yunque timed reservation (1 jan – 31 dec), Bioluminescent bay nights (1 jan – 31 dec), Cruise season in the old city (1 nov – 30 apr (vanligtvis)), Winter north swell (15 nov – 31 mar (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — resenärer beskriver det som högsäsong, Ponce Carnival

• Natur

  Leatherback nesting

  1 mar – 15 jul · vanligtvisSköldpaddornas äggläggning

  Leatherbacks come up the north-coast beaches through spring, and volunteer groups patrol the Pinones and Dorado sand at night. Nests are staked and the lights nearest them get shaded.

Pågår fortfarande: El Yunque timed reservation (1 jan – 31 dec), Bioluminescent bay nights (1 jan – 31 dec), Ponce Carnival (1 feb – 5 mar (vanligtvis)), Cruise season in the old city (1 nov – 30 apr (vanligtvis)), Winter north swell (15 nov – 31 mar (vanligtvis))

Lugnt — resenärer beskriver det som lugnt, Cruise season in the old city

• Risk

  Sargassum drift

  1 apr – 31 aug · vanligtvisSargassosäsong

  The city beaches at Condado and Isla Verde usually get off lightly; the east coast towards Fajardo and the offshore cays take far more. CariCOOS runs a Puerto Rico forecast that is worth ten minutes before booking. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: El Yunque timed reservation (1 jan – 31 dec), Bioluminescent bay nights (1 jan – 31 dec), Leatherback nesting (1 mar – 15 jul (vanligtvis)), Cruise season in the old city (1 nov – 30 apr (vanligtvis))

Mellansäsong — en helt vanlig månad

Inget nytt börjar i maj.

Pågår fortfarande: El Yunque timed reservation (1 jan – 31 dec), Bioluminescent bay nights (1 jan – 31 dec), Leatherback nesting (1 mar – 15 jul (vanligtvis)), Sargassum drift (1 apr – 31 aug (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Noche de San Juan, skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Risk

  Hurricane season

  1 jun – 30 nov

  Maria came ashore in September 2017 and the island still plans around that month. The statistical peak is the first fortnight of September; June and November rarely deliver anything, and rates in those weeks show it. Källa ↗

• Festival

  Noche de San Juan

  23–24 junReligiös högtidTrångt

  The city's patron saint night: the whole of it goes to Condado or Isla Verde and walks backwards into the sea at midnight, three times, to shed the year. The beaches stay busy until dawn. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: El Yunque timed reservation (1 jan – 31 dec), Bioluminescent bay nights (1 jan – 31 dec), Leatherback nesting (1 mar – 15 jul (vanligtvis)), Sargassum drift (1 apr – 31 aug (vanligtvis))

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

Inget nytt börjar i juli.

Pågår fortfarande: El Yunque timed reservation (1 jan – 31 dec), Bioluminescent bay nights (1 jan – 31 dec), Leatherback nesting (1 mar – 15 jul (vanligtvis)), Sargassum drift (1 apr – 31 aug (vanligtvis)), Hurricane season (1 jun – 30 nov)

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

Inget nytt börjar i augusti.

Pågår fortfarande: El Yunque timed reservation (1 jan – 31 dec), Bioluminescent bay nights (1 jan – 31 dec), Sargassum drift (1 apr – 31 aug (vanligtvis)), Hurricane season (1 jun – 30 nov)

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

Inget nytt börjar i september.

Pågår fortfarande: El Yunque timed reservation (1 jan – 31 dec), Bioluminescent bay nights (1 jan – 31 dec), Hurricane season (1 jun – 30 nov)

Lugnt — en av dess sämsta vädermånader

Inget nytt börjar i oktober.

Pågår fortfarande: El Yunque timed reservation (1 jan – 31 dec), Bioluminescent bay nights (1 jan – 31 dec), Hurricane season (1 jun – 30 nov)

Mest folk — Cruise season in the old city, The long Christmas season

• Säsong

  Cruise season in the old city

  1 nov – 30 apr · vanligtvisTrångt

  San Juan is a homeport as well as a stop, so the old city takes both turnaround passengers and day callers through the winter. The blue cobbles are worth walking before ten or after five. Källa ↗

• Säsong

  Winter north swell

  15 nov – 31 mar · vanligtvisSurfsäsongRisk

  North Atlantic storms send swell onto the whole north coast through the winter, which is when the surf towns west of the city work and when the city beaches fly rip current flags.

• Helg

  The long Christmas season

  19 nov – 24 janJul & nyårTrångt

  Parrandas start after Discovery Day in November and the season refuses to end at New Year: Three Kings on 6 January, then the Octavitas, then SanSe closes it in the third week of January. Two months of it. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: El Yunque timed reservation (1 jan – 31 dec), Bioluminescent bay nights (1 jan – 31 dec), Hurricane season (1 jun – 30 nov)

Mest folk — resenärer beskriver det som högsäsong, Cruise season in the old city

Inget nytt börjar i december.

Pågår fortfarande: El Yunque timed reservation (1 jan – 31 dec), Bioluminescent bay nights (1 jan – 31 dec), Cruise season in the old city (1 nov – 30 apr (vanligtvis)), Winter north swell (15 nov – 31 mar (vanligtvis)), The long Christmas season (19 nov – 24 jan)