Ipoh in February

What’s on in February

Timing a trip around these changes what you pay and what you can book.

• Thaipusam at Batu Cavesdates shift yearly

  The biggest Thaipusam outside India: hundreds of thousands walk overnight from KL's Sri Mahamariamman temple to Batu Caves, many carrying kavadi and with pierced skin, and climb the 272 steps to the Murugan shrine. Penang (Waterfall Hill temple, with a silver chariot procession) and Ipoh celebrate too. Extraordinary to see; go before dawn, expect huge crowds, road closures and packed trains, and leave shoes and bags at the hotel.

• Chinese New Year2027: 6 Feb

  Two public holidays and a week of lion dances, lanterns and open houses, finest in Penang (Kek Lok Si lit up) and Melaka's Jonker Street. Many Chinese-run shops, hawker stalls and kopitiams close for 3-5 days, and buses and flights out of KL sell out the weekend before as people go home.

• Ramadan and Hari Raya Aidilfitridates shift yearly

  During Ramadan, Muslims fast from dawn to dusk: Malay restaurants are quiet by day and the evening Ramadan bazaars, with food stalls at every mosque and market, are the best street food of the year. Don't eat or drink in the street in Kelantan and Terengganu. At its end, Hari Raya Aidilfitri brings the "balik kampung" exodus: buses, trains and flights sell out weeks ahead and KL empties for a week. Dates move about 11 days earlier each year; they are set by the new moon.

What it costs

For two sharing a room; 2 days on the ground, getting there not included.

Totals cover the room (taxes included), food, local transport, entry and a 10% buffer: the figures the planner opens on. These are typical rates; Tourisma has no month-by-month rates for Malaysia yet, so they don't move with the month.

Elsewhere in Malaysia in February

Also in season this month.

• Langkawi · great month
• Penang (George Town) · great month
• Cameron Highlands · good month
• Kuala Lumpur · good month
• Melaka · good month

Nearby in Penang, Langkawi & Perak: