Hva som skjer i Kuala Lumpur (KL), Malaysia gjennom året

Toppsesong — Thaipusam at Batu Caves, Chinese New Year

• Festival

  Thaipusam at Batu Caves

  15. jan – 15. feb · vanligvisReligiøs høytidMye folkStengninger

  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 · vanligvisKinesisk nyttårStengningerMye folk

  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 ↗

Toppsesong — Thaipusam at Batu Caves, Chinese New Year

• Helligdag

  Ramadan bazaars and Hari Raya

  5. feb – 25. apr · vanligvisRamadan og eidStengningerMye folk

  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 ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Thaipusam at Batu Caves (15. jan – 15. feb (vanligvis)), Chinese New Year (20. jan – 28. feb (vanligvis))

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

Ingenting nytt starter i mars.

Fortsatt på gang: Ramadan bazaars and Hari Raya (5. feb – 25. apr (vanligvis))

Travelt — Ramadan bazaars and Hari Raya, skoleferie i 3 av markedene som fyller stedet

Ingenting nytt starter i april.

Fortsatt på gang: Ramadan bazaars and Hari Raya (5. feb – 25. apr (vanligvis))

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

• Festival

  Wesak Day procession

  31. maiReligiøs høytidMye folk

  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 ↗

Travelt — Mid-year break i Malaysia, skoleferie i 3 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Sesong

  Durian season

  1. jun – 31. aug · vanligvisInnhøsting

  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 ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Wesak Day procession (31. mai)

Travelt — skoleferie i 5 av markedene som fyller stedet, en av de beste månedene værmessig

Ingenting nytt starter i juli.

Fortsatt på gang: Durian season (1. jun – 31. aug (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Merdeka Day, Term-2 break i Malaysia

• Fare

  Haze season

  1. aug – 15. okt · vanligvisRøyksesong

  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. sepStor festivalStengningerMye folk

  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 ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Durian season (1. jun – 31. aug (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Merdeka Day, Term-2 break i Malaysia

Ingenting nytt starter i september.

Fortsatt på gang: Haze season (1. aug – 15. okt (vanligvis)), Merdeka Day (31. aug – 16. sep)

Travelt — Malaysian MotoGP at Sepang, skoleferie i 3 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Sesong

  Inter-monsoon thunderstorms

  1. okt – 15. des · vanligvisRisiko

  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 · vanligvisDiwaliStengninger

  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. novMotorsporthelgMye folkBestill tidlig

  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 ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Haze season (1. aug – 15. okt (vanligvis))

Travelt — Malaysian MotoGP at Sepang

Ingenting nytt starter i november.

Fortsatt på gang: Inter-monsoon thunderstorms (1. okt – 15. des (vanligvis)), Deepavali (10. okt – 20. nov (vanligvis)), Malaysian MotoGP at Sepang (30. okt – 1. nov)

Travelt — Year-end break i Malaysia, skoleferie i 5 av markedene som fyller stedet

Ingenting nytt starter i desember.

Fortsatt på gang: Inter-monsoon thunderstorms (1. okt – 15. des (vanligvis))