På gång i Chiang Mai, Thailand under året

Mest folk — redaktionens toppmånad, Christmas and New Year peak

• Festival

  Bo Sang Umbrella Festival

  15–25 jan · vanligtvisStor 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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Christmas and New Year peak (18 dec – 5 jan), Wild Himalayan cherry on the hills (20 dec – 31 jan (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Chiang Mai Flower Festival, skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Festival

  Chiang Mai Flower Festival

  13–15 febStor festivalTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

• Risk

  Burning season

  1 feb – 20 apr · vanligtvisRöksäsong

  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. Källa ↗

Lugnt — redaktionens lugna månad, skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i mars.

Pågår fortfarande: Burning season (1 feb – 20 apr (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — redaktionens toppmånad, Songkran

• Festival

  Songkran

  13–15 aprVattenfestivalernas nyårTrångtStängningar

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Burning season (1 feb – 20 apr (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — mellan topparna, Long summer break i Thailand

• Säsong

  Southwest monsoon

  15 maj – 15 okt · vanligtvis

  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 maj – 12 jun · vanligtvisReligiös högtid

  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. Källa ↗

Lugnt — redaktionens lugna månad, skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i juni.

Pågår fortfarande: Southwest monsoon (15 maj – 15 okt (vanligtvis)), Inthakin city pillar festival (15 maj – 12 jun (vanligtvis))

Lugnt — redaktionens lugna månad, skollov i 5 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i juli.

Pågår fortfarande: Southwest monsoon (15 maj – 15 okt (vanligtvis))

Lugnt — redaktionens lugna månad, skollov i 4 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Natur

  Waterfalls at full flow

  1 aug – 15 okt · vanligtvisHögvatten

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Southwest monsoon (15 maj – 15 okt (vanligtvis))

Lugnt — redaktionens lugna månad, skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i september.

Pågår fortfarande: Southwest monsoon (15 maj – 15 okt (vanligtvis)), Waterfalls at full flow (1 aug – 15 okt (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — mellan topparna, October semester break i Thailand

• Natur

  Rice harvest in the valley

  15 okt – 30 nov · vanligtvis

  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.

Pågår fortfarande: Southwest monsoon (15 maj – 15 okt (vanligtvis)), Waterfalls at full flow (1 aug – 15 okt (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — redaktionens toppmånad, Loi Krathong

• Festival

  Loi Krathong

  24–25 novLjus & eldTrångtBoka tidigt

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

• Festival

  Yi Peng

  24–25 novLjus & eldTrångtBoka tidigt

  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. Källa ↗

• Regel

  Lantern-night flight changes

  23–26 novLjus & eldStängningar

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Rice harvest in the valley (15 okt – 30 nov (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — redaktionens toppmånad, Christmas and New Year peak

• Helg

  Christmas and New Year peak

  18 dec – 5 janJul & nyårTrångtBoka tidigt

  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. Källa ↗

• Natur

  Wild Himalayan cherry on the hills

  20 dec – 31 jan · vanligtvisKörsbärsblom

  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. Källa ↗