På gång i Chiang Rai, Thailand under året

Mest folk — Cool, dry season, Sea of mist at Phu Chi Fa

Inget nytt börjar i januari.

Pågår fortfarande: Cool, dry season (1 nov – 15 feb (vanligtvis)), Sea of mist at Phu Chi Fa (1 nov – 15 feb (vanligtvis)), Christmas and New Year peak (18 dec – 5 jan), Wild Himalayan cherry (20 dec – 15 feb (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Cool, dry season, Sea of mist at Phu Chi Fa

• Risk

  Burning season

  1 feb – 20 apr · vanligtvisRöksäsong

  Field and forest fires in the valleys and across the border put Chiang Rai near the top of the world's air-quality charts most Marches. The hill viewpoints stop being viewpoints. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Cool, dry season (1 nov – 15 feb (vanligtvis)), Sea of mist at Phu Chi Fa (1 nov – 15 feb (vanligtvis)), Wild Himalayan cherry (20 dec – 15 feb (vanligtvis))

Mellansäsong — skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en helt vanlig månad

Inget nytt börjar i mars.

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

Mest folk — Songkran, Long summer break i Thailand

• Festival

  Songkran

  13–15 aprVattenfestivalernas nyårTrångtStängningar

  Water in the streets around the clock tower for three days, and the northern habit of extending it either side. Buses and hotels are the hard part, not the party. Källa ↗

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

Mycket folk — Long summer break i Thailand, skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Festival

  Lychee Fair

  10–25 maj · vanligtvisSkörd

  Held by the Kok River in mid-May when the province's lychee harvest comes in, with float parades, orchard displays, local food contests and stalls selling fruit by the basket. Källa ↗

Mellansäsong — skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en helt vanlig månad

Inget nytt börjar i juni.

Mycket folk — Asalha Bucha and Khao Phansa, skollov i 5 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Helg

  Asalha Bucha and Khao Phansa

  5 jul – 5 aug · vanligtvisReligiös högtidStängningar

  The start of Buddhist Lent falls on the full moon of the eighth lunar month. Temples hold candle processions and candlelit circumambulations, and alcohol sales stop nationwide for two days. Källa ↗

Mycket folk — Asalha Bucha and Khao Phansa, skollov i 4 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Risk

  Kok and Sai river floods

  1 aug – 30 sep · vanligtvisÖversvämningssäsong

  Late in the rains, runoff from Myanmar swells the Kok and Sai rivers; Mae Sai and low parts of town flood in most years, and mountain roads to Doi Tung and Phu Chi Fa suffer landslides. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Asalha Bucha and Khao Phansa (5 jul – 5 aug (vanligtvis))

Mellansäsong — skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en helt vanlig månad

Inget nytt börjar i september.

Pågår fortfarande: Kok and Sai river floods (1 aug – 30 sep (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Ok Phansa, October semester break i Thailand

• Helg

  Ok Phansa

  1–31 okt · vanligtvisReligiös högtidTrångt

  The end of Buddhist Lent on the full moon of the eleventh lunar month brings dawn alms-giving to monks and temple fairs, and the first weekend trips of the coming cool season. Källa ↗

Mest folk — Cool, dry season, Sea of mist at Phu Chi Fa

• Säsong

  Cool, dry season

  1 nov – 15 feb · vanligtvisTrångt

  The one stretch worth planning around: clear mornings on the hill roads, cold enough at Doi Mae Salong for a jacket at dawn, and the province at its busiest.

• Natur

  Sea of mist at Phu Chi Fa

  1 nov – 15 feb · vanligtvisDimsäsongTrångt

  Cloud fills the valley below the ridge overnight and burns off by nine, so the walk up is done in the dark. Weekends the viewpoint is shoulder to shoulder before sunrise. Källa ↗

• Festival

  Loi Krathong

  5–30 nov · vanligtvisLjus & eld

  Floats onto the Kok river on the twelfth full moon; smaller than the Chiang Mai version and easier to be in the middle of. Källa ↗

Mest folk — Cool, dry season, Sea of mist at Phu Chi Fa

• 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

  20 dec – 15 feb · vanligtvisKörsbärsblom

  Thai sakura along the ridges at Doi Mae Salong and above Mae Fah Luang, pink for a fortnight somewhere in the window. The exact week moves with how cold December was. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Cool, dry season (1 nov – 15 feb (vanligtvis)), Sea of mist at Phu Chi Fa (1 nov – 15 feb (vanligtvis))