På gång i Washington (DC), United States under året

Mest folk — National Christmas Tree season, Winter / Christmas break i United States

• Regel

  Washington Monument timed tickets

  1 jan – 31 decBoka tidigt

  The lift to the top runs on timed tickets released online a month ahead, with a small same-day batch in the morning. The African American History museum works the same way in the busy months. Källa ↗

• Risk

  Snow and ice shutdowns

  5 jan – 28 feb · vanligtvisExtrem kylaStängningar

  A few inches closes the federal government, the schools and half the museums, and freezing rain does worse to the bridges. Some winters it never happens; the ones it does, it happens twice. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: National Christmas Tree season (1 dec – 1 jan)

Lugnt — en av dess sämsta vädermånader

Inget nytt börjar i februari.

Pågår fortfarande: Washington Monument timed tickets (1 jan – 31 dec), Snow and ice shutdowns (5 jan – 28 feb (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Cherry blossom peak bloom, National Cherry Blossom Festival

• Natur

  Cherry blossom peak bloom

  20 mar – 8 apr · vanligtvisTrångt

  The Tidal Basin's Yoshinos hold peak bloom for four or five days, usually in the last week of March. The Park Service publishes a forecast from late February, and it moves by a fortnight either way. Källa ↗

• Festival

  National Cherry Blossom Festival

  20 mar – 14 apr · vanligtvisTrångtBoka tidigt

  Four weeks of programming fixed to a calendar, around a bloom that is not. Book the hotel for the festival and you may still miss the trees; book the forecast and you will pay for it. Källa ↗

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

Mest folk — resenärer beskriver det som högsäsong, Cherry blossom peak bloom

Inget nytt börjar i april.

Pågår fortfarande: Washington Monument timed tickets (1 jan – 31 dec), Cherry blossom peak bloom (20 mar – 8 apr (vanligtvis)), National Cherry Blossom Festival (20 mar – 14 apr (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — en av dess bästa vädermånader

Inget nytt börjar i maj.

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

Mest folk — Smithsonian Folklife Festival, Summer break i United States

• Risk

  Summer heat and humidity

  20 jun – 5 sep · vanligtvisExtrem värme

  The city was built on a river flat and the summer behaves accordingly, with afternoon thunderstorms and heat advisories through July and August. The monuments walk is best done at seven in the morning. Källa ↗

• Festival

  Smithsonian Folklife Festival

  24 jun – 6 jul · vanligtvisStor festivalTrångt

  Two weeks of music, craft and cooking from a couple of featured cultures, staged free on the Mall either side of the Fourth. Shade is the scarce resource, not tickets. Källa ↗

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

Mest folk — Smithsonian Folklife Festival, Fourth of July on the Mall

• Festival

  Fourth of July on the Mall

  4 julStor festivalTrångtStängningar

  The parade goes down Constitution Avenue in the morning and the fireworks go up behind the Washington Monument at dusk. Half of downtown closes and security screening starts hours ahead. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Washington Monument timed tickets (1 jan – 31 dec), Summer heat and humidity (20 jun – 5 sep (vanligtvis)), Smithsonian Folklife Festival (24 jun – 6 jul (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Summer break i United States, skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Säsong

  August recess

  1 aug – 5 sepStängt mellan säsongerna

  Congress goes home, the lobbying and lawyer city empties with it, and downtown restaurants that live on expense accounts run their quiet weeks. Hotel rates fall while the museums stay open.

Pågår fortfarande: Washington Monument timed tickets (1 jan – 31 dec), Summer heat and humidity (20 jun – 5 sep (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Summer break i United States

Inget nytt börjar i september.

Pågår fortfarande: Washington Monument timed tickets (1 jan – 31 dec), Summer heat and humidity (20 jun – 5 sep (vanligtvis)), August recess (1 aug – 5 sep)

Mycket folk — Marine Corps Marathon

• Natur

  Fall colour

  20 okt – 15 nov · vanligtvisHöstfärger

  Rock Creek Park and the Virginia side of the Potomac turn from late October into the second week of November, a fortnight later than the Blue Ridge an hour west.

• Festival

  Marine Corps Marathon

  22 okt – 2 nov · vanligtvisSportevenemangTrångtStängningar

  Twenty-odd thousand runners past the monuments and over the Potomac bridges on a Sunday at the end of October. Bridges and river-side roads close from before dawn. Källa ↗

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

Mest folk — Marine Corps Marathon, Thanksgiving

• Helg

  Thanksgiving

  25–29 novNationell helgdagTrångtStängningar

  Thanksgiving, the fourth Thursday of November, is the country's biggest travel holiday: airports and highways are at their busiest on the Wednesday before and the Sunday after, and on the day itself offices, banks and many shops close. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Washington Monument timed tickets (1 jan – 31 dec), Fall colour (20 okt – 15 nov (vanligtvis)), Marine Corps Marathon (22 okt – 2 nov (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — National Christmas Tree season, Winter / Christmas break i United States

• Helg

  National Christmas Tree season

  1 dec – 1 janJul & nyår

  The tree by the Ellipse is lit in early December and stays up to New Year, and Congress goes home. It is the quietest, cheapest month to have the museums to yourself. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Washington Monument timed tickets (1 jan – 31 dec), Thanksgiving (25–29 nov)