På gång i Hong Kong (HK), Hong Kong under året

Mest folk — redaktionens toppmånad, Hong Kong Marathon

• Helg

  Chinese New Year

  17–19 febKinesiskt nyårTrångtStängningar

  Three public holidays, a night parade in Tsim Sha Tsui and fireworks over the harbour on the second day. Small shops and family restaurants shut for most of the week. Källa ↗

• Festival

  Hong Kong Marathon

  25 jan – 25 feb · vanligtvisSportevenemangTrångtStängningar

  Around seventy thousand runners on a Sunday in the coolest weeks of the year. Nathan Road, the harbour tunnels and the Island's western corridor close overnight and reopen about lunchtime. Källa ↗

Mest folk — Chinese New Year, Hong Kong Marathon

• Säsong

  Sea fog season

  15 feb – 30 apr · vanligtvisRisk

  Warm air over a cold sea leaves the Peak and the hill trails inside cloud for days at a time, and the harbour view you came for is grey. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Chinese New Year (17–19 feb), Hong Kong Marathon (25 jan – 25 feb (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — mellan topparna, Art Basel Hong Kong

• Festival

  Art Basel Hong Kong

  20 mar – 1 apr · vanligtvisKulturfestivalTrångtBoka tidigt

  Five days at the convention centre that pull the regional art trade in at once, with satellite fairs and late gallery nights in Central and Wong Chuk Hang. Rooms on both sides of the harbour move for it. Källa ↗

• Festival

  Hong Kong Sevens

  17–19 aprSportevenemangTrångtBoka tidigt

  A rugby weekend that behaves like a public holiday, now at Kai Tak. Hotel rates across the harbour move for it, so book before the fixture list appears. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Sea fog season (15 feb – 30 apr (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Art Basel Hong Kong, Hong Kong Sevens

• Helg

  Ching Ming and hill fires

  2–8 apr · vanligtvisNationell helgdagTrångtRisk

  A public holiday for grave sweeping, when the hillside cemeteries and the minibuses to them are jammed from first light. Incense and candles on dry slopes are why the hill fire danger warning goes up the same week. Källa ↗

• Festival

  Cheung Chau Bun Festival

  21–25 majReligiös högtidTrångt

  Held around Buddha's Birthday on a car-free island an hour out by ferry: floating-children parades in the afternoon, bun-tower scrambling overnight. The last boats back are packed. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Sea fog season (15 feb – 30 apr (vanligtvis)), Art Basel Hong Kong (20 mar – 1 apr (vanligtvis)), Hong Kong Sevens (17–19 apr)

Mycket folk — Cheung Chau Bun Festival, skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Risk

  Typhoon season

  1 maj – 30 novStängningar

  Tropical cyclones can reach the city from May, with July to September the likeliest. A number eight signal closes offices, shops and ferries for a day, and flights go with them. Källa ↗

• Festival

  Tuen Ng dragon boat races

  19 junSportevenemangTrångt

  A public holiday, with races in the typhoon shelters at Stanley, Aberdeen, Sai Kung and Tai O. Village heats run for a fortnight around the day itself. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Cheung Chau Bun Festival (21–25 maj)

Mycket folk — Tuen Ng dragon boat races, skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i juni.

Pågår fortfarande: Typhoon season (1 maj – 30 nov), Tuen Ng dragon boat races (19 jun)

Lugnt — redaktionens lugna månad, Hong Kong Book Fair

• Festival

  Hong Kong Book Fair

  15–25 jul · vanligtvisKulturfestivalTrångt

  Seven days at the convention centre in the middle of July that draw close to a million people, which is a strange thing to walk into unawares. Wan Chai and the harbour crossings queue with it. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Typhoon season (1 maj – 30 nov)

Lugnt — redaktionens lugna månad, Summer vacation i Hong Kong

• Festival

  Yu Lan, the ghost month

  5 aug – 15 sep · vanligtvisReligiös högtid

  Through the seventh lunar month the Chiu Chow associations raise bamboo theatres in parks and playgrounds for opera, burn paper offerings on street corners and hand out rice at the end. Nothing shuts; the city is quietly busy with it for a month. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Typhoon season (1 maj – 30 nov)

Mycket folk — Mid-Autumn and the fire dragon, skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Festival

  Mid-Autumn and the fire dragon

  25–27 sepLjus & eldTrångt

  Lanterns go up in Victoria Park and a straw dragon stuck with incense is carried through the lanes of Tai Hang for three nights. The day after the festival is the public holiday. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Typhoon season (1 maj – 30 nov), Yu Lan, the ghost month (5 aug – 15 sep (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — redaktionens toppmånad, skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Säsong

  Dry hiking season

  1 okt – 31 decMonsun

  The northeast monsoon takes the humidity out and the ridges come back into view. This is when the trail network, not the shopping, is the reason to be here.

Pågår fortfarande: Typhoon season (1 maj – 30 nov), Mid-Autumn and the fire dragon (25–27 sep)

Mest folk — redaktionens toppmånad

Inget nytt börjar i november.

Pågår fortfarande: Typhoon season (1 maj – 30 nov), Dry hiking season (1 okt – 31 dec)

Mest folk — redaktionens toppmånad, Christmas and New Year holidays i Hong Kong

Inget nytt börjar i december.

Pågår fortfarande: Dry hiking season (1 okt – 31 dec)