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Bhutan, month by month

Where in Bhutan is at its best each month, and where to skip. Each verdict comes from the place's stated best season and the closures, weather warnings and festivals Tourisma has for it: in the middle of the season is a great month, its first or last month a good one; a weather warning (monsoon seas, smoke) moves a month down, a closure (a park shut, the boats stopped) moves it down to mixed at most, and a shut place is better avoided.

Bhutan in January

Plan January

At their best

Good, at the edge of the season

Mixed: Bumthang (Jakar), Haa, Mongar, Paro, Thimphu, Trashigang, Trongsa.

Can fall this month

  • Trongsa Tshechu (dates shift yearly)

Bhutan in February

Plan February

At their best

Good, at the edge of the season

Mixed: Bumthang (Jakar), Haa, Mongar, Paro, Thimphu, Trashigang, Trongsa.

Can fall this month

  • Punakha Drubchen and Tshechu (dates shift yearly)

Bhutan in March

Plan March

At their best

Good, at the edge of the season

Mixed: Haa.

Can fall this month

  • Paro Tshechu (dates shift yearly)
  • Punakha Drubchen and Tshechu (dates shift yearly)

Bhutan in April

Plan April

At their best

Good, at the edge of the season

Mixed: Gelephu, Phobjikha (Gangtey), Phuentsholing.

Can fall this month

  • Paro Tshechu (dates shift yearly)

Bhutan in May

Plan May

At their best

Good, at the edge of the season

Mixed: Gelephu, Phobjikha (Gangtey), Phuentsholing, Punakha.

Bhutan in June

Plan June

At their best

No place is in the middle of its season this month.

Good, at the edge of the season

Mixed: Paro, Thimphu.

Better avoided

  • Bumthang (Jakar) · Monsoon: Landslides on the East-West Highway
  • Gelephu · Monsoon: Heavy Rain on the Southern Border Roads
  • Mongar · Monsoon: Landslides on the East-West Highway
  • Phobjikha (Gangtey) · Monsoon: Landslides on the East-West Highway
  • Phuentsholing · Monsoon: Heavy Rain on the Southern Border Roads
  • Punakha · Monsoon: Landslides on the East-West Highway
  • Trashigang · Monsoon: Landslides on the East-West Highway
  • Trongsa · Monsoon: Landslides on the East-West Highway

Bhutan in July

Plan July

At their best

No place is in the middle of its season this month.

Mixed: Haa, Paro, Thimphu.

Better avoided

  • Bumthang (Jakar) · Monsoon: Landslides on the East-West Highway
  • Gelephu · Monsoon: Heavy Rain on the Southern Border Roads
  • Mongar · Monsoon: Landslides on the East-West Highway
  • Phobjikha (Gangtey) · Monsoon: Landslides on the East-West Highway
  • Phuentsholing · Monsoon: Heavy Rain on the Southern Border Roads
  • Punakha · Monsoon: Landslides on the East-West Highway
  • Trashigang · Monsoon: Landslides on the East-West Highway
  • Trongsa · Monsoon: Landslides on the East-West Highway

Can fall this month

  • Haa Summer Festival

Bhutan in August

Plan August

At their best

No place is in the middle of its season this month.

Mixed: Haa, Paro, Thimphu.

Better avoided

  • Bumthang (Jakar) · Monsoon: Landslides on the East-West Highway
  • Gelephu · Monsoon: Heavy Rain on the Southern Border Roads
  • Mongar · Monsoon: Landslides on the East-West Highway
  • Phobjikha (Gangtey) · Monsoon: Landslides on the East-West Highway
  • Phuentsholing · Monsoon: Heavy Rain on the Southern Border Roads
  • Punakha · Monsoon: Landslides on the East-West Highway
  • Trashigang · Monsoon: Landslides on the East-West Highway
  • Trongsa · Monsoon: Landslides on the East-West Highway

Bhutan in September

Plan September

At their best

No place is in the middle of its season this month.

Good, at the edge of the season

Mixed: Gelephu, Mongar, Phobjikha (Gangtey), Phuentsholing, Punakha, Trashigang.

Can fall this month

  • Thimphu Tshechu (dates shift yearly)

Bhutan in October

Plan October

At their best

Good, at the edge of the season

Mixed: Gelephu.

Can fall this month

  • Thimphu Tshechu (dates shift yearly)
  • Jambay Lhakhang Drup (dates shift yearly)

Bhutan in November

Plan November

At their best

Good, at the edge of the season

Can fall this month

  • Jambay Lhakhang Drup (dates shift yearly)
  • Black-Necked Crane Festival
  • Mongar and Trashigang Tshechus (dates shift yearly)

Bhutan in December

Plan December

At their best

Good, at the edge of the season

Mixed: Bumthang (Jakar), Haa, Mongar, Paro, Thimphu, Trongsa.

Can fall this month

  • Trongsa Tshechu (dates shift yearly)
  • Mongar and Trashigang Tshechus (dates shift yearly)
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