Nouvel An des fêtes de l’eau, mois par mois dans le monde
Songkran, Thingyan, Pi Mai, Chaul Chnam : trois jours d’eau dans les rues, et une semaine de bureaux fermés et de bus bondés.
41 destinations sur SeasonMap, classées dans chaque mois selon le score de confort — car la question n’est pas seulement de savoir où la saison bat son plein, mais si la météo vaut le voyage pendant ce temps.
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Nombre de destinations concernées (Nouvel An des fêtes de l’eau) ce mois-là. Les périodes bougent un peu chaque année.
Nouvel An des fêtes de l’eau en avril
- Kalaw 🇲🇲 BirmanieThingyan water festival · 13–17 avr.Four days when the buses stop, the trekking guides go home to their villages and the market shuts.77
- Lac Inle 🇲🇲 BirmanieThingyan water festival · 13–17 avr.Four days of water thrown from every roadside in Nyaungshwe, with boats, banks and most kitchens shut alongside it.72
- Koh Tao 🇹🇭 ThaïlandeSongkran · 13–15 avr.Sairee's single beach road turns into a water fight for three days and the dive schools take the time off.70
- Ngapali 🇲🇲 BirmanieThingyan water festival · 13–17 avr.The Burmese new year lands right at the end of the beach season, when domestic visitors from Yangon fill whatever is still open before it all shuts for the rains.69
- Jinghong 🇨🇳 ChineDai Water-Splashing Festival · 13–16 avr.The Dai new year, and the biggest thing that happens here: dragon boats on the Mekong, a market that runs all night, and three days in which nobody stays dry.68
- Kampot 🇰🇭 CambodgeKhmer New Year · 13–16 avr.The riverfront fills with Cambodian families and most of the foreign-run places take the days off.66
- Îles Phi Phi 🇹🇭 ThaïlandeSongkran · 13–15 avr.Three days of water fights through the village lanes, which on an island this narrow means everyone.66
- Ko Pha Ngan 🇹🇭 ThaïlandeSongkran · 13–15 avr.Thong Sala turns into a water fight for three days and the ferries either side are the fullest of the season.66
- Kep 🇰🇭 CambodgeKhmer New Year · 13–17 avr.Phnom Penh comes to the coast for it and Kep's picnic huts and crab market are taken from dawn.66
- Thibaw 🇲🇲 BirmanieThingyan water festival · 13–17 avr.Four days of water thrown from the roadside and almost everything shut with it — trains, banks, the guesthouse kitchen.66
- Paksé 🇱🇦 LaosPi Mai, Lao New Year · 13–17 avr.Water in the streets at the hottest point of the year and a week when buses, banks and most kitchens stop.65
- Hua Hin 🇹🇭 ThaïlandeSongkran · 13–15 avr.Water in the streets around the clock and one of the busiest weekends the town gets, because half of Bangkok drives down for it rather than going north.64
- Koh Rong 🇰🇭 CambodgeKhmer New Year · 13–17 avr.Sihanoukville empties onto the islands for three days and the ferries run full both ways.64
- Pattaya 🇹🇭 ThaïlandeSongkran · 13–15 avr.Three days of it on Beach Road and Second Road, which here means hoses and pickup trucks rather than a polite splash.63
- Ko Lipe 🇹🇭 ThaïlandeSongkran · 13–15 avr.A small-island version: buckets on Walking Street and the boat crews joining in, without the scale of the mainland.63
- Ko Samui 🇹🇭 ThaïlandeSongkran · 13–15 avr.Chaweng's beach road becomes a three-day water fight and the ring road crawls.62
- Sihanoukville 🇰🇭 CambodgeKhmer New Year · 13–16 avr.The whole country comes to this coast for it.62
- Phuket 🇹🇭 ThaïlandeSongkran · 13–15 avr.Three days of water thrown at everyone from pickup trucks and the roadside, in the hottest week of the year.61
- Pai 🇹🇭 ThaïlandeSongkran · 13–15 avr.Water along the walking street and the Thai crowd back for it despite the smoke.61
- Ko Lanta 🇹🇭 ThaïlandeSongkran · 13–15 avr.Water in the street through Old Town and Saladan, and the island's last busy weekend before the season turns.61
- Ko Chang 🇹🇭 ThaïlandeSongkran · 13–15 avr.The last big weekend before the island winds down — Thai groups down from Bangkok, water on the beach road, and the ferries at capacity both ways.61
- Khao Lak 🇹🇭 ThaïlandeSongkran · 13–15 avr.Water fights on the main road and along the beach strip for three days, and a national shutdown around them.61
- Nong Khiaw 🇱🇦 LaosPi Mai, Lao New Year · 13–17 avr.Three days of water and beer along the one street, with the boats to Muang Ngoi and the minivans to Luang Prabang running to nobody's timetable.61
- Vang Vieng 🇱🇦 LaosPi Mai, Lao New Year · 13–17 avr.Three days of water thrown along the main road, and one of the few times the town is full of Lao visitors rather than foreign ones.60
- Louang Namtha 🇱🇦 LaosPi Mai, Lao New Year · 13–17 avr.Three days of water thrown at everyone on the main road, with offices, banks and the trekking agencies closed through it.60
…et 16 de plus en avril.