Best Times To Visit SE Asia

Best Times to
Visit South &

Southeast Asia
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January
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find uncomfortable
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(too warm or too
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much rain)
hot or very rainy)
rainfall
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February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
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travel consulting
November December
Temperature
Bali, Lombok &

the Gili Islands,
Indonesia
Rainfall
Bali New
Year
(Nyepi)
Best times to
visit
Art
Festival in
Bali
high
season $
high
season $
highest
season $
Cooler as you go to higher

elevations (Munduk). Be sure to
find when the festivals of
Kuningan and Galungan occur
(they vary each year). July &
August there are many
cremations (good experience)
Temperature
Peninsular
Malaysia
Best times to
visit
Borneo,
Indonesia/
Malaysia

elevations (like the Cameron
Highlands). Check for dates
of Ramadan
Rainfall
Possible air quality
issues due to slash &
burn in Indonesia
Chinese
New Year
Temperature

elevations. Check for dates
of Ramadan and other
festivals (too many to list)
Rainfall
Best times to
visit
Temperature
Bangkok,
Thailand
Rainfall
Best times to
visit
Thai New
Year
busiest
Temperature
Chiang Mai,
northern
Thailand
Slightly cooler as you go to

higher elevations.
Rainfall
Best times to
visit
possible
air quality
issues
Likely air
quality
issues
Thai New
Year
Loy
Krathong/
Yee Peng
Temperature
Hanoi, Vietnam
Best times to
visit
Ho Chi Minh
(Saigon),
Vietnam
Can be quite cool in the

higher elevations during the
winter months.
Rainfall
Temperature
New Year
Rainfall
Best times to
visit
Hungry
Ghost
Festival
New Year
Temperature
Vientiane, Laos
Rainfall
Best times to
visit
Lao New
Year
Temperature
Siem Reap
(Angkor)
Cambodia
Rainfall
Best times to
visit
Khmer
New Year
(13th)
Chinese
New Year
All Souls
Day
Water
Festival in
P. Penh
Though Kathmandu stays
relatively mild year-round the
mountains get very cold and
snowy between December and
March. See Maha Shiva Ratri at
Pashupatinath. Many other
festivals.
Temperature
Nepal
Rainfall
Best times to
visit
Maha
Shiva Ratri
Holi
Temperature
Delhi, India
Holi
Diwali
HOT
HOT
HOT
Rainfall
Temperature
Very hot in May, June, July

Holi
Diwali
VERY COLD
COLD
Extremely cold from

December through March
Rainfall
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visit
Hemis
Festival
Temperature
Rainfall
Best times to
visit
Amritsar,
northwest India
HOT
Very hot in May, June, July
Best times to
visit
Rishikesh,
northern India
HOT
Deepawali
Rainfall
Temperature
Ladakh,
northern India
Dashain
Festival
HOT
Best times to
visit
Agra, India
Nepal New
Year
Temperature
Rainfall
Basant
Panchmi
Yoga
Festival
Ladakh
Festival
1st - 15th
Best times to
visit
Hola
Mohalla
Guru Parb
Baisakhi
(13th)
Diwali
Temperature
Kerala,
southern India
Rainfall
Onam
Festival
(10 days)
Best times to
visit
Deepavali
Temperature
Goa, southern
India
Rainfall
Best times to
visit
Carnival, Easter & Holi
Ganesh Chaturthi
Christmas
Temperature
Varanasi, India
Rainfall
Best times to
visit
Temperature
Darjeeling &
Sikkim,
northeast India
Maha
Shiva Ratri
Holi
Hanuman
Jayanti
Ganga
Mahotsav
Dev
Deepawali
COLD
COLD
Rainfall
Losar
(Tibetan
New Year)
Best times to
visit
Temperature
Thimphu,
Bhutan
There are far too many

festivals to list for Varanasi.
Please be sure to research
before as you are planning
your visit.
Saga
Dawa
Dasain
COLD
Diwali
COLD
Many festivals in the spring

and fall
Rainfall
Best times to
visit
Yangon
(Rangoon),
Burma/
Myanmar
Temperature
Rainfall
Best times to
visit
Bagan
Pagoda
Festival
Pagoda
Festivals
(Feb/Mar)
Burmese
New Year
Festival of
Light
Temperature
S. Sri Lanka
(Colombo &
Kandy)
Rainfall
Best times to
visit
Temperature
Singapore
Rainfall
Hot Air
Balloon
Festival
New Year
(13th)
Vesak
Poson
Esala Perahera (in

Kandy) & Kataragama
Perahera
Unduvap

elevations. The north is drier
than the south-west of the
island. Best time to visit
north is April--September
Singapore's potential air
quality issues stem from
slash & burn agriculture in
neighboring Indonesia;
check reports to find the
latest information
Possible
air quality
issues
Best times to
visit
food
festival
National
Day (9th)
Lantern
Festival
Temperature
Hong Kong
Rainfall
Best times to
visit
Chinese
New Year
Lantern
Festival
(Feb/Mar)
Ching
Ming
Festival
Dragon
Boat
Festival
MidAutumn
Festival
Temperature
Manila,
Phillipines
Too many festivals to list

here!
Rainfall
Best times to
visit
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
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Best Times to

Visit South &

Bali, Lombok &

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Slightly cooler as you go to

Can be quite cool in the

Very hot in May, June, July

Extremely cold from

Very hot in May, June, July

Carnival, Easter & Holi

There are far too many

Many festivals in the spring

Esala Perahera (in

Cooler as you go to higher

Too many festivals to list

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