What's on in Yangon (Rangoon), Myanmar through the year

Busy — school holidays in 6 of the markets that fill it, one of its best months for weather

Nothing new starts in January.

Still on: Cool, dry season (15 Nov – 28 Feb (usually))

Busy — school holidays in 2 of the markets that fill it, one of its best months for weather

Nothing new starts in February.

Still on: Cool, dry season (15 Nov – 28 Feb (usually))

Shoulder season — school holidays in 2 of the markets that fill it, an ordinary month

• Season

  Hot season

  1 Mar – 15 May · usuallyExtreme heat

  The build-up before the rains is the hardest part of the Yangon year, and the city moves indoors between about eleven and four. Power cuts make it worse than the figures suggest.

Shoulder season — school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it, an ordinary month

• Festival

  Thingyan, Burmese New Year

  13–16 AprWater-festival New YearClosures

  Water stages go up along Kabar Aye Pagoda Road and the country stops for the best part of a week: no buses, no banks, most restaurants shut, and the streets soaked. Source ↗

Still on: Hot season (1 Mar – 15 May (usually))

Shoulder season — school holidays in 2 of the markets that fill it, an ordinary month

• Season

  Southwest monsoon

  20 May – 15 Oct · usuallyRisk

  Yangon takes one of the heaviest monsoons in the region and it rains for days at a time rather than in bursts. Downtown streets flood and stay flooded through July and August.

Still on: Hot season (1 Mar – 15 May (usually))

Quiet — school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it, one of its worst months for weather

Nothing new starts in June.

Still on: Southwest monsoon (20 May – 15 Oct (usually))

Quiet — travelers describe it as quiet, school holidays in 5 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in July.

Still on: Southwest monsoon (20 May – 15 Oct (usually))

Quiet — school holidays in 4 of the markets that fill it, one of its worst months for weather

Nothing new starts in August.

Still on: Southwest monsoon (20 May – 15 Oct (usually))

Shoulder season — school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it, an ordinary month

Nothing new starts in September.

Still on: Southwest monsoon (20 May – 15 Oct (usually))

Shoulder season — school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it, an ordinary month

• Festival

  Thadingyut, festival of lights

  1–31 Oct · usuallyMajor festival

  The end of Buddhist Lent, when candles and coloured lights go up on every house and pagoda platform for three nights and younger people pay respects to their elders. Source ↗

Still on: Southwest monsoon (20 May – 15 Oct (usually))

Shoulder season — an ordinary month

• Festival

  Tazaungdaing

  1–30 Nov · usuallyMajor festival

  The festival of lights that follows a month later, with all-night weaving contests at Shwedagon where teams make monks' robes between dusk and dawn. Source ↗

• Season

  Cool, dry season

  15 Nov – 28 Feb · usually

  The only months the city is comfortable to walk, when the downtown grid and the platform at Shwedagon are usable in the middle of the day. It ends abruptly in March.

Busy — school holidays in 5 of the markets that fill it, one of its best months for weather

Nothing new starts in December.

Still on: Cool, dry season (15 Nov – 28 Feb (usually))