In truth, Santa Fe is essentially an art community that does not have something for everyone. In varying degrees from simmer to sizzle, Santa Fe is a great town to visit. The heat of the summer combined with the excitement and color of Indian Market, Spanish Market and musical extravaganzas such as the Santa Fe Opera , the Desert Chorale and the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival make the summer months spectacular and vigorous. This is the time for those with a lot of stamina, for the summer months are the fullest and most frenetic time in Santa Fe. Fall and Winter A languor descends on Santa Fe in autumn.
Autumn also brings many art collectors who have waited for the summer rush to pass.
Winter is mild and sunny . . . It's important to remember that this is a mountain community with peaks as high as 12,000 feet and winter weather that can provide surprises. Winter is of course the season of great mountain skiing . . . Spring Spring brings the bursting beauty of new growth in the high desert, waves of lilacs and art galleries feeling perky as they look to a new season. The only truly grumpy month is March, with its erratic temperatures, dust and cold winds.