Key West
Key West is a coral cay island in the Straits of Florida, at the southernmost end of the U.S. state of Florida and its outlying Florida Keys archipelago. Together with all or parts of the separate islands of Dredgers Key, Fleming Key, Sunset Key, and the northern part of Stock Island, it constitutes the City of Key West. Wikipedia
Population 26,444 (Wikidata)
Before you go
Emergency numbers in United States
- January: 10 h 47 of daylight
- February: 11 h 20 of daylight
- March: 12 h of daylight
- April: 12 h 44 of daylight
- May: 13 h 20 of daylight
- June: 13 h 39 of daylight
- July: 13 h 31 of daylight
- August: 13 h of daylight
- September: 12 h 18 of daylight
- October: 11 h 36 of daylight
- November: 10 h 57 of daylight
- December: 10 h 37 of daylight
Getting there
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Best-documented sights
All of them in the guideWithin a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.
Through the year
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Conch Republic Independence Celebration
April
The Conch Republic () is a micronation declared as a secession of the city of Key West, Florida, from the United States on April 23, 1982. It has been maintained as a tourism booster for the city.
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Lobsterfest
August
Held every year around the first week in August
2 events here have no dates for this year yet. We can look them up on each event's own site.
Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Key West); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.
Somewhere to run
Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 17 October 2026. Description from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.