På gång i Kuala Lumpur (KL), Malaysia under året

Mest folk — Thaipusam at Batu Caves, Chinese New Year

• Festival

  Thaipusam at Batu Caves

  15 jan – 15 feb · vanligtvisReligiös högtidTrångtStängningar

  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. Källa ↗

• Helg

  Chinese New Year

  20 jan – 28 feb · vanligtvisKinesiskt nyårStängningarTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

Mest folk — Thaipusam at Batu Caves, Chinese New Year

• Helg

  Ramadan bazaars and Hari Raya

  5 feb – 25 apr · vanligtvisRamadan & eidStängningarTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Thaipusam at Batu Caves (15 jan – 15 feb (vanligtvis)), Chinese New Year (20 jan – 28 feb (vanligtvis))

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

Inget nytt börjar i mars.

Pågår fortfarande: Ramadan bazaars and Hari Raya (5 feb – 25 apr (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Ramadan bazaars and Hari Raya, skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i april.

Pågår fortfarande: Ramadan bazaars and Hari Raya (5 feb – 25 apr (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Wesak Day procession, Mid-year break i Malaysia

• Festival

  Wesak Day procession

  31 majReligiös högtidTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

Mycket folk — Mid-year break i Malaysia, skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Säsong

  Durian season

  1 jun – 31 aug · vanligtvisSkörd

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Wesak Day procession (31 maj)

Mycket folk — skollov i 5 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en av dess bästa vädermånader

Inget nytt börjar i juli.

Pågår fortfarande: Durian season (1 jun – 31 aug (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Merdeka Day, Term-2 break i Malaysia

• Risk

  Haze season

  1 aug – 15 okt · vanligtvisRöksäsong

  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. Källa ↗

• Helg

  Merdeka Day

  31 aug – 16 sepStor festivalStängningarTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Durian season (1 jun – 31 aug (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Merdeka Day, Term-2 break i Malaysia

Inget nytt börjar i september.

Pågår fortfarande: Haze season (1 aug – 15 okt (vanligtvis)), Merdeka Day (31 aug – 16 sep)

Mycket folk — Malaysian MotoGP at Sepang, skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Säsong

  Inter-monsoon thunderstorms

  1 okt – 15 dec · vanligtvisRisk

  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 · vanligtvisDiwaliStängningar

  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. Källa ↗

• Festival

  Malaysian MotoGP at Sepang

  30 okt – 1 novMotorsportshelgTrångtBoka tidigt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Haze season (1 aug – 15 okt (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Malaysian MotoGP at Sepang

Inget nytt börjar i november.

Pågår fortfarande: Inter-monsoon thunderstorms (1 okt – 15 dec (vanligtvis)), Deepavali (10 okt – 20 nov (vanligtvis)), Malaysian MotoGP at Sepang (30 okt – 1 nov)

Mycket folk — Year-end break i Malaysia, skollov i 5 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i december.

Pågår fortfarande: Inter-monsoon thunderstorms (1 okt – 15 dec (vanligtvis))