På gång i Langkawi (Pantai Cenang), Malaysia under året

Mest folk — resenärer beskriver det som högsäsong, Chinese New Year

• Helg

  Chinese New Year

  20 jan – 20 feb · vanligtvisKinesiskt nyårTrångt

  Kuala Lumpur and Singapore families take the long weekend here, on top of an already full dry season. The Kuala Perlis ferries and the Penang boats are what sell out first, not the beds. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Malaysian school holidays (20 nov – 5 jan (vanligtvis)), Dry season (1 dec – 31 mar (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — resenärer beskriver det som högsäsong, Chinese New Year

Inget nytt börjar i februari.

Pågår fortfarande: Chinese New Year (20 jan – 20 feb (vanligtvis)), Dry season (1 dec – 31 mar (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Ramadan and Hari Raya, Dry season

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  Ramadan and Hari Raya

  1 mar – 20 apr · vanligtvisRamadan & eidStängningarTrångtBoka tidigt

  On a Malay island the fast changes what is open: warungs shut in daylight and the Ramadan bazaars run at dusk. Hari Raya at the end is the domestic travel peak, when the ferries from Kuala Perlis are booked out for a week. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Dry season (1 dec – 31 mar (vanligtvis))

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

Inget nytt börjar i april.

Pågår fortfarande: Ramadan and Hari Raya (1 mar – 20 apr (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — LIMA aerospace exhibition, Mid-year break i Malaysia

• Säsong

  Southwest monsoon

  1 maj – 15 okt · vanligtvis

  Rain comes as heavy late-afternoon bursts rather than all day, and mornings usually stay usable. Sea crossings get bumpy and the island-hopping boats cancel more often than they run late.

• Festival

  LIMA aerospace exhibition

  15–31 maj · vanligtvisStor festivalTrångtBoka tidigt

  The maritime and aerospace show runs at the airport and over Cenang bay every second year, in odd-numbered ones. Display flying for a week and the island's beds gone months ahead of it. Källa ↗

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

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  Transboundary haze

  1 jun – 15 okt · vanligtvisRöksäsong

  In dry years smoke from land clearing across the strait drifts over the northwest coast for days at a time, flattening the view from the cable car and pushing the air index into unhealthy numbers. Worst between July and October; some years it barely shows. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Southwest monsoon (1 maj – 15 okt (vanligtvis))

Mellansäsong — skollov i 5 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en helt vanlig månad

Inget nytt börjar i juli.

Pågår fortfarande: Southwest monsoon (1 maj – 15 okt (vanligtvis)), Transboundary haze (1 jun – 15 okt (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Term-2 break i Malaysia, skollov i 4 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i augusti.

Pågår fortfarande: Southwest monsoon (1 maj – 15 okt (vanligtvis)), Transboundary haze (1 jun – 15 okt (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Term-2 break i Malaysia, skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Säsong

  Wettest weeks of the year

  1 sep – 31 okt · vanligtvisMonsunRisk

  September and October are the ones to avoid for a beach week: the heaviest rain, the roughest sea, and the highest chance of a cancelled boat trip or a closed Sky Bridge in the cloud.

Pågår fortfarande: Southwest monsoon (1 maj – 15 okt (vanligtvis)), Transboundary haze (1 jun – 15 okt (vanligtvis))

Lugnt — skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en av dess sämsta vädermånader

Inget nytt börjar i oktober.

Pågår fortfarande: Southwest monsoon (1 maj – 15 okt (vanligtvis)), Transboundary haze (1 jun – 15 okt (vanligtvis)), Wettest weeks of the year (1 sep – 31 okt (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Ironman Malaysia, Malaysian school holidays

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  Ironman Malaysia

  21 novSportevenemangTrångtBoka tidigt

  The full and half distance races run out of Kuah and round the island in late November, closing the coast road for most of a Saturday and filling every resort bed with athletes and families. Källa ↗

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  Malaysian school holidays

  20 nov – 5 jan · vanligtvisTrångtBoka tidigt

  The long year-end break brings the peninsula's families and the Singapore weekenders, and the island is at its most booked, ferries included. The other spike is the mid-year break in late May. Källa ↗

Mest folk — Malaysian school holidays, Dry season

• Säsong

  Dry season

  1 dec – 31 mar · vanligtvisTrångt

  The reliable stretch: calm sea, clear crossings to the Andaman islands, and the boats to Koh Lipe running daily. It is also when the resorts charge the most and the beaches at Cenang are full.

Pågår fortfarande: Malaysian school holidays (20 nov – 5 jan (vanligtvis))