Best Times to

Visit South &

Southeast Asia
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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

Cooler as you go to higher

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

Cooler as you go to higher

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
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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
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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

Cooler as you go to higher

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
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visit
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