På gång i Kathmandu, Nepal under året

Mellansäsong — mellan topparna, skollov i 6 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i januari.

Pågår fortfarande: Valley smog season (15 nov – 28 feb (vanligtvis))

Mellansäsong — mellan topparna, skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Festival

  Holi

  3–4 marReligiös högtidTrångt

  Basantapur and Thamel take the brunt of it and nobody walks through dry. Wear what you would throw away and keep the camera in a bag. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Valley smog season (15 nov – 28 feb (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — redaktionens toppmånad, Holi

• Säsong

  Spring trekking season

  1 mar – 15 majLedsäsongTrångtBoka tidigt

  The second of the two trekking windows, warmer and hazier than autumn, and the one the climbing expeditions use. Lodges on the popular routes fill from mid-March.

• Natur

  Rhododendron in the hills

  15 mar – 30 apr · vanligtvisVildblommor & blomning

  The mid-hill forests above the valley go red and pink from around 1,500 metres up, which is why April is the month people trek the Annapurna foothills. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Holi (3–4 mar)

Mest folk — redaktionens toppmånad, Spring trekking season

• Festival

  Bisket Jatra

  9–18 apr · vanligtvisReligiös högtidTrångt

  Bhaktapur's new-year festival, an hour out of the city: chariots hauled through the lanes by hand and a pole raised and dropped in the square. Rougher and better than anything in Kathmandu. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Spring trekking season (1 mar – 15 maj), Rhododendron in the hills (15 mar – 30 apr (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — mellan topparna, Spring trekking season

Inget nytt börjar i maj.

Pågår fortfarande: Spring trekking season (1 mar – 15 maj)

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

• Risk

  Landslide season on the hill roads

  15 jun – 15 sep · vanligtvisStängningar

  The monsoon closes hill roads for days at a time and delays the mountain flights that everything else depends on. Build slack into any trek that starts with a drive. Källa ↗

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

Inget nytt börjar i juli.

Pågår fortfarande: Landslide season on the hill roads (15 jun – 15 sep (vanligtvis))

Lugnt — skollov i 4 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en av dess sämsta vädermånader

• Festival

  Indra Jatra

  19–27 sepReligiös högtidTrångt

  Masked dances and the living goddess pulled through Durbar Square on a chariot, over about a week. The oldest thing on the Kathmandu calendar and still mostly for locals. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Landslide season on the hill roads (15 jun – 15 sep (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — mellan topparna, Indra Jatra

• Helg

  Dashain

  11–25 oktSkollovStängningarTrångt

  Nepal's longest holiday. The city empties as families go home, many shops and offices close for a fortnight, and every bus and domestic flight out is full. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Landslide season on the hill roads (15 jun – 15 sep (vanligtvis)), Indra Jatra (19–27 sep)

Mest folk — redaktionens toppmånad, Dashain

• Säsong

  Autumn trekking season

  1 okt – 30 novTorrsäsongTrångtBoka tidigt

  The monsoon has washed the air and the peaks are visible from the valley rim. It is also when every teahouse on the Everest and Annapurna routes is full, so book the flights early.

• Festival

  Tihar

  8–11 novDiwali

  Five days of oil lamps, marigold garlands and doorway patterns, with a day each for crows, dogs and cows. Quieter than Dashain and far better to look at. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Dashain (11–25 okt)

Mest folk — redaktionens toppmånad, Autumn trekking season

• Risk

  Valley smog season

  15 nov – 28 feb · vanligtvisRöksäsong

  Cold air sits in the bowl of the valley and holds in kiln smoke, vehicle exhaust and field burning from the plains. Mornings are the worst of it; the mountains stay sharp above it. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Autumn trekking season (1 okt – 30 nov), Tihar (8–11 nov)

Mellansäsong — mellan topparna, skollov i 5 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i december.

Pågår fortfarande: Valley smog season (15 nov – 28 feb (vanligtvis))