Det sker i Kuala Lumpur (KL), Malaysia året igennem

Tætpakket — Thaipusam at Batu Caves, Chinese New Year

• Festival

  Thaipusam at Batu Caves

  15. jan. – 15. feb. · normaltReligiøs højtidTætpakketLukninger

  A silver chariot is walked from the city to Batu Caves and something over a million people climb the 272 steps behind it. The KTM line runs all night and the roads north close. Kilde ↗

• Helligdag

  Chinese New Year

  20. jan. – 28. feb. · normaltKinesisk nytårLukningerTætpakket

  Half the city drives home to Ipoh and Penang, shophouse kitchens close for days, and the malls run lion dances on loop. The emptiest traffic of the year, and the hardest week to find lunch. Kilde ↗

Tætpakket — Thaipusam at Batu Caves, Chinese New Year

• Helligdag

  Ramadan bazaars and Hari Raya

  5. feb. – 25. apr. · normaltRamadan & eidLukningerTætpakket

  Street bazaars set up across the city every afternoon of the fast and are the best eating of the year. Then the Raya exodus empties Kuala Lumpur for a week and most small kitchens shut. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Thaipusam at Batu Caves (15. jan. – 15. feb. (normalt)), Chinese New Year (20. jan. – 28. feb. (normalt))

Tætpakket — Ramadan bazaars and Hari Raya, Term-1 break (Hari Raya 2026) i Malaysia

Intet nyt begynder i marts.

Stadig i gang: Ramadan bazaars and Hari Raya (5. feb. – 25. apr. (normalt))

Travlt — Ramadan bazaars and Hari Raya, skoleferie på 3 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

Intet nyt begynder i april.

Stadig i gang: Ramadan bazaars and Hari Raya (5. feb. – 25. apr. (normalt))

Tætpakket — Wesak Day procession, Mid-year break i Malaysia

• Festival

  Wesak Day procession

  31. majReligiøs højtidTætpakket

  On the Vesak full moon, lit floats leave the Buddhist Maha Vihara in Brickfields at dusk for a four-hour loop through Bukit Bintang and back; tens of thousands line the route. Kilde ↗

Travlt — Mid-year break i Malaysia, skoleferie på 3 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

• Sæson

  Durian season

  1. jun. – 31. aug. · normaltHøst

  The main crop reaches the city from June, when the durian stalls in SS2 and around Jalan Alor stay busy late and Musang King is at its cheapest; a smaller second crop arrives around the turn of the year. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Wesak Day procession (31. maj)

Travlt — skoleferie på 5 af de markeder, der fylder stedet, en af stedets bedste måneder vejrmæssigt

Intet nyt begynder i juli.

Stadig i gang: Durian season (1. jun. – 31. aug. (normalt))

Tætpakket — Merdeka Day, Term-2 break i Malaysia

• Risiko

  Haze season

  1. aug. – 15. okt. · normaltRøgsæson

  In a dry year, smoke from land clearing in Sumatra and Kalimantan settles over the Klang Valley and the towers disappear from the skyline for days. It is not every year and it is not the rain. Kilde ↗

• Helligdag

  Merdeka Day

  31. aug. – 16. sep.Stor festivalLukningerTætpakket

  Independence Day on the last of August and Malaysia Day on the sixteenth of September bracket a fortnight of parades and road closures around Dataran Merdeka. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Durian season (1. jun. – 31. aug. (normalt))

Tætpakket — Merdeka Day, Term-2 break i Malaysia

Intet nyt begynder i september.

Stadig i gang: Haze season (1. aug. – 15. okt. (normalt)), Merdeka Day (31. aug. – 16. sep.)

Travlt — Malaysian MotoGP at Sepang, skoleferie på 3 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

• Sæson

  Inter-monsoon thunderstorms

  1. okt. – 15. dec. · normaltRisiko

  The wettest stretch of the Klang Valley year arrives as violent late-afternoon storms that put water across the low roads and stop the outdoor half of the city for an hour at a time.

• Festival

  Deepavali

  10. okt. – 20. nov. · normaltDiwaliLukninger

  Brickfields is strung with lights and open houses for a fortnight, and the day itself is a public holiday that shuts much of the city. Kolam patterns go down outside the shops on Jalan Tun Sambanthan. Kilde ↗

• Festival

  Malaysian MotoGP at Sepang

  30. okt. – 1. nov.MotorsportsweekendTætpakketBook tidligt

  The season's closing rounds at Sepang, an hour south of the city. Airport-side hotels and the KLIA transit fill with the paddock and the Indonesian and Thai fans who drive up for it. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Haze season (1. aug. – 15. okt. (normalt))

Travlt — Malaysian MotoGP at Sepang

Intet nyt begynder i november.

Stadig i gang: Inter-monsoon thunderstorms (1. okt. – 15. dec. (normalt)), Deepavali (10. okt. – 20. nov. (normalt)), Malaysian MotoGP at Sepang (30. okt. – 1. nov.)

Travlt — Year-end break i Malaysia, skoleferie på 5 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

Intet nyt begynder i december.

Stadig i gang: Inter-monsoon thunderstorms (1. okt. – 15. dec. (normalt))