Hva som skjer i Chiang Mai, Thailand gjennom året

Toppsesong — redaksjonens toppmåned, Christmas and New Year peak

• Festival

  Bo Sang Umbrella Festival

  15.–25. jan · vanligvisStor festival

  The umbrella-making village east of the city hangs its work along the main street for a weekend in January, with a parade and the workshops open. Half an hour out and worth the songthaew. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Christmas and New Year peak (18. des – 5. jan), Wild Himalayan cherry on the hills (20. des – 31. jan (vanligvis))

Travelt — Chiang Mai Flower Festival, skoleferie i 2 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Festival

  Chiang Mai Flower Festival

  13.–15. febStor festivalMye folk

  Floats built entirely of chrysanthemums and damask roses parade from Nawarat Bridge into the old town over three days, with the gardens at Suan Buak Haad planted up for it. It comes just before the air turns. Kilde ↗

• Fare

  Burning season

  1. feb – 20. apr · vanligvisRøyksesong

  Field and forest fires fill the valley with smoke that the surrounding hills hold in place, and the city regularly tops the world's live pollution rankings in March. Masks and air purifiers are normal, not precautionary. Kilde ↗

Rolig — redaksjonens rolige måned, skoleferie i 2 av markedene som fyller stedet

Ingenting nytt starter i mars.

Fortsatt på gang: Burning season (1. feb – 20. apr (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — redaksjonens toppmåned, Songkran

• Festival

  Songkran

  13.–15. aprVannfestival-nyttårMye folkStengninger

  The moat is the ammunition supply, and the whole ring road becomes the water fight for three days. Taken more seriously here than anywhere else in the country, and largely impossible to opt out of. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Burning season (1. feb – 20. apr (vanligvis))

Travelt — mellom toppene, Long summer break i Thailand

• Sesong

  Southwest monsoon

  15. mai – 15. okt · vanligvis

  The first rain clears the smoke out of the valley and the hills go green. It falls in short heavy bursts rather than all day, though September saturates the ground and the unpaved hill roads with it.

• Festival

  Inthakin city pillar festival

  15. mai – 12. jun · vanligvisReligiøs høytid

  Eight days of flower offerings at Wat Chedi Luang to ask the city pillar for rain, timed to the end of the hot season. Local, unhurried and almost entirely unattended by visitors. Kilde ↗

Rolig — redaksjonens rolige måned, skoleferie i 3 av markedene som fyller stedet

Ingenting nytt starter i juni.

Fortsatt på gang: Southwest monsoon (15. mai – 15. okt (vanligvis)), Inthakin city pillar festival (15. mai – 12. jun (vanligvis))

Rolig — redaksjonens rolige måned, skoleferie i 5 av markedene som fyller stedet

Ingenting nytt starter i juli.

Fortsatt på gang: Southwest monsoon (15. mai – 15. okt (vanligvis))

Rolig — redaksjonens rolige måned, skoleferie i 4 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Natur

  Waterfalls at full flow

  1. aug – 15. okt · vanligvisHøy vannføring

  The end of the monsoon is when Mae Ya, Bua Tong and the Doi Inthanon falls actually run, and the hills are green rather than burnt. Trails are muddy and the leeches are real. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Southwest monsoon (15. mai – 15. okt (vanligvis))

Rolig — redaksjonens rolige måned, skoleferie i 3 av markedene som fyller stedet

Ingenting nytt starter i september.

Fortsatt på gang: Southwest monsoon (15. mai – 15. okt (vanligvis)), Waterfalls at full flow (1. aug – 15. okt (vanligvis))

Travelt — mellom toppene, October semester break i Thailand

• Natur

  Rice harvest in the valley

  15. okt – 30. nov · vanligvis

  The terraces on the valley floor below the hills turn gold and are cut through late October and November, which is also when the air here is at its cleanest of the year.

Fortsatt på gang: Southwest monsoon (15. mai – 15. okt (vanligvis)), Waterfalls at full flow (1. aug – 15. okt (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — redaksjonens toppmåned, Loi Krathong

• Festival

  Loi Krathong

  24.–25. novLys og ildMye folkBestill tidlig

  Falls on the full moon of the twelfth Thai lunar month; the lantern release reschedules flights around it. Kilde ↗

• Festival

  Yi Peng

  24.–25. novLys og ildMye folkBestill tidlig

  The Lanna lantern festival runs alongside Loi Krathong: thousands of paper lanterns released over the old town on the same full-moon nights. The busiest week of the city's year and the one to book first. Kilde ↗

• Regel

  Lantern-night flight changes

  23.–26. novLys og ildStengninger

  Sky lanterns are an aviation hazard, so the airport moves or cancels flights around the lantern nights every year — 161 of them in 2025. Check your flight in against the full-moon dates before booking. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Rice harvest in the valley (15. okt – 30. nov (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — redaksjonens toppmåned, Christmas and New Year peak

• Helligdag

  Christmas and New Year peak

  18. des – 5. janJul og nyttårMye folkBestill tidlig

  The weeks around Christmas and New Year are the busiest of the year here for both foreign and Thai visitors: rooms and transport sell out early and rates run at their highest. Kilde ↗

• Natur

  Wild Himalayan cherry on the hills

  20. des – 31. jan · vanligvisKirsebærblomstring

  The pink blossom on Doi Inthanon and the ridges towards Doi Ang Khang comes out in the coldest weeks of the year, which are also the only weeks the air up there is clean. Kilde ↗