På gång i Macau (Macao), Macao under året

Mycket folk — skollov i 6 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en av dess bästa vädermånader

• Helg

  Chinese New Year

  17–19 febKinesiskt nyårTrångtBoka tidigt

  Lion dances at the temples, a night parade through the peninsula, and the mainland arriving in numbers on its own longer break. Hotel rates on Cotai peak for the week and the Gongbei border queues run for hours. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Light Up Macao (1 dec – 11 jan (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Chinese New Year, skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i februari.

Pågår fortfarande: Chinese New Year (17–19 feb)

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

• Festival

  Feast of the God Tou Tei

  20 marReligiös högtid

  Neighbourhood earth-god shrines near the Inner Harbour mark the deity's lunar birthday with roast-pig offerings, lion dances and open-air Cantonese opera. Källa ↗

Mycket folk — Mainland Labour Day break, skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Festival

  A-Ma Festival

  15 apr – 15 maj · vanligtvisReligiös högtid

  The 23rd day of the third lunar month at the A-Ma Temple below the Barra: incense by the armful, Cantonese opera on a bamboo stage built for the week, and the fishing families back in town for it. Källa ↗

• Festival

  Feast of the Drunken Dragon

  25 apr – 31 maj · vanligtvisReligiös högtid

  The fish traders carry carved dragon heads through the streets of the old town on the eighth day of the fourth moon, spraying rice wine as they go, and hand out longevity rice afterwards. Källa ↗

• Helg

  Mainland Labour Day break

  29 apr – 6 majGolden WeekTrångt

  Five days when the mainland travels and Macau is one of the places it goes. The approach to Senado Square runs one-way behind rope lines, Gongbei queues for hours and Cotai charges what it likes. Källa ↗

Mest folk — Mainland Labour Day break, Procession of Our Lady of Fatima

• Festival

  Procession of Our Lady of Fatima

  13 majReligiös högtidTrångt

  The bishop leads the faithful from Sao Domingos Church up to Penha Hill each 13 May, a Portuguese Catholic tradition recognised as Macao intangible heritage since 2019. Källa ↗

• Festival

  Dragon Boat Festival (Duanwu)

  13–19 junSportevenemangTrångt

  Nam Van Lake fills with local and international crews for a week of races timed to the lunar Dragon Boat Festival, alongside the public holiday and its rice-dumpling traditions. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: A-Ma Festival (15 apr – 15 maj (vanligtvis)), Feast of the Drunken Dragon (25 apr – 31 maj (vanligtvis)), Mainland Labour Day break (29 apr – 6 maj)

Mycket folk — Dragon Boat Festival (Duanwu), skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i juni.

Pågår fortfarande: Dragon Boat Festival (Duanwu) (13–19 jun)

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

• Risk

  Typhoon season

  1 jul – 30 sep · vanligtvisStängningar

  Signal eight closes the casinos, the ferries to Hong Kong and the bridge to the airport for the day. It happens a few times most summers and September is the likeliest month. Källa ↗

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

Inget nytt börjar i augusti.

Pågår fortfarande: Typhoon season (1 jul – 30 sep (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Fireworks Display Contest, skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Festival

  Fireworks Display Contest

  12 sep – 4 oktLjus & eldTrångt

  Five nights spread over four weeks, two displays a night from a barge in front of Macau Tower, with teams competing. The Sai Van bridge waterfront fills an hour before the first shell. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Typhoon season (1 jul – 30 sep (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Fireworks Display Contest, National Day Golden Week

• Helg

  National Day Golden Week

  1–8 oktTrångt

  The first week of October is the busiest of the Macau year. The whole delta comes through the border, the ruins of St Paul's are shoulder to shoulder from morning, and room rates roughly triple. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Fireworks Display Contest (12 sep – 4 okt)

Mest folk — Macau Food Festival, Macau Grand Prix

• Festival

  Macau Food Festival

  10–30 nov · vanligtvisMat- & dryckesfestivalTrångt

  A fortnight of stalls on the Sai Van reclamation in November, laid out by cuisine, and where the city eats after work for the duration. It overlaps the Grand Prix, so the peninsula is full twice over. Källa ↗

• Festival

  Macau Grand Prix

  19–22 novMotorsportshelgTrångtStängningarBoka tidigt

  Four days of racing on the Guia street circuit in the middle of the city. The roads round the reservoir and the harbour close from Thursday, engines start early, and rooms are at their dearest of the year. Källa ↗

• Festival

  Macao International Marathon

  6 decSportevenemangTrångtStängningar

  The course runs the peninsula, both bridges and Taipa on a Sunday morning in early December, which closes the crossings to Cotai for several hours. Källa ↗

Mycket folk — Macao International Marathon, skollov i 5 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Festival

  Light Up Macao

  1 dec – 11 jan · vanligtvisJul & nyår

  Projections and installations across the old squares and the Taipa houses from early December into January, tied to the handover anniversary on the twentieth. Free, and the least crowded thing the city puts on. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Macao International Marathon (6 dec)