When is San Fermín 2027?

6–14 July 2027, as every year. The chupinazo is at noon on 6 July; the last encierro is on the morning of 14 July.

Do the dates ever change?

No. They are fixed to the saint's day and have not moved in centuries.

Where do I watch the encierro?

Behind the barriers from 06:00, or from a rented balcony on Estafeta. The runs last about three minutes.

Is the old town worth the price?

For one or two nights, yes. For nine, the Ensanche is ten minutes away and you will sleep, which decides how much of the festival you actually see.

White with a red sash and neckerchief, like everyone else. It is not a costume here; it is what the city wears for nine days.

San Fermín 2027

Name: San Fermín 2027
Start: 2027-07-06
End: 2027-07-14
Location: Calle Estafeta & Plaza Consistorial

Pamplona, Spain

6–14 Jul 2027

Confirmed by organizer

San Fermín never moves: it opens with the chupinazo at noon on 6 July and ends at midnight on 14 July, every year.

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Hotels for these dates

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Our verdict

Go: 6 and 7 July for the opening, or the last weekend for the same festival with space
Stay: Primer Ensanche
Book by: January 2027 — the old town is a nine-day sell-out

The encierro runs at eight every morning for eight days, and the festival never stops in between. The old town is where everything happens and where nothing is quiet; ten minutes south in the Ensanche costs less and lets you sleep, which after three days matters more than you think.

Illustration: a narrow old town street at eight in the morning, white shirts and red scarves, wooden barriers along the walls, crowded balconies above — Illustration — a generated image of the kind of scene, not a photograph of the venue.

Which days to go

Day	What happens	Hotel price	Our call
ChupinazoTue 6 Jul	The rocket at noon from the town hall balcony; the city turns white and red	×3	The single most crowded day. Arrive the night before or not at all
San Fermín dayWed 7 Jul	The first encierro at 08:00, then the procession of the saint	×3	The busiest run of the eight; be on the barriers by 06:00 to see anything
The week8–12 Jul 2027	An encierro every morning, bullfights at six, music until dawn	×2.4	The value days — the same festival, the same runs, a third off the rooms
Closing days13–14 Jul 2027	The last encierro on the 14th, then Pobre de Mí at midnight	×2.4	The quietest ending and the most Pamplona-ish night of the nine

Hotel price is what the same hotel costs on these dates against its rate four weeks before the event. Crowd and price are our estimates from how the event has run, not live rates.

Where to stay

Calle Estafeta & Plaza ConsistorialNorth is up. Numbers match the table.A number too close to read sits beside its dot, on a thin line.

#	District	To the venue	Price	What it is
1	Casco Viejo	5 min walk	$$$$	The old town is the festival; the encierro runs past the door and nobody sleeps
2	Primer Ensanche	15 min walk	$$$	The nineteenth-century grid south of the walls; ten minutes out, quieter nights
3	Iturrama & the university	25 min walk	$$	Residential Pamplona, apartments rather than hotels, and sleep after 3am
4	San Sebastián	70 min drive	$$$$	An hour north on the coast; the overflow with the best food in Spain
5	Logroño & Tudela	90 min drive	$$	An hour and a half south, where a bed costs what a bed costs

Hotel	What it is	Book
Casco Viejo
Gran Hotel La Perla	On the Plaza del Castillo with balconies over the route; booked a year out	Booking Expedia
Hotel Pompaelo Urban Spa	Beside the town hall, which is where the chupinazo happens	Booking Expedia
Primer Ensanche
Hotel Tres Reyes	Ten minutes from the old town, with a park between you and the noise	Booking Expedia
NH Pamplona Iruña Park	Big, modern, and the easiest room to actually get	Booking Expedia
San Sebastián
Hotel Maria Cristina	An hour north when Pamplona has nothing — and a reason to stay on afterwards	Booking Expedia

When to book

12 mo beforeJuly 2026
Casco Viejo hotels and balconies on the encierro route
Already gone
9 mo beforeOctober 2026
The Ensanche, and apartments anywhere inside the ring road
Already gone
6 mo beforeJanuary 2027
The rest of Pamplona; San Sebastián for the opening weekend
3 mo beforeApril 2027
Anything within an hour; Logroño and Tudela are the fallback

Getting there

Pamplona’s own airport has a handful of domestic flights. Most people fly into Bilbao and take the bus, which runs every couple of hours and takes about two hours door to door.

The old town is small enough to cross in fifteen minutes. During the fiesta the encierro route and the streets around it close from before dawn; buses divert and taxis will not cross.

If you want to watch the run, be behind the barriers by 06:00 for a place, or rent a balcony — the only comfortable way to see it, booked months ahead.

Flights to BIO Trains and buses

Tickets

Programme and official information (sanfermin.com)Official

Questions

When is San Fermín 2027?: 6–14 July 2027, as every year. The chupinazo is at noon on 6 July; the last encierro is on the morning of 14 July.
Do the dates ever change?: No. They are fixed to the saint's day and have not moved in centuries.
Where do I watch the encierro?: Behind the barriers from 06:00, or from a rented balcony on Estafeta. The runs last about three minutes.
Is the old town worth the price?: For one or two nights, yes. For nine, the Ensanche is ten minutes away and you will sleep, which decides how much of the festival you actually see.
What should I wear?: White with a red sash and neckerchief, like everyone else. It is not a costume here; it is what the city wears for nine days.

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