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When to goBest time: Nov–Feb
- Jan Good
- Feb Good
- Mar Fine, with caveats: heat
- Apr Fine, with caveats: heat
- May Fine, with caveats: heat
- Jun Fine, with caveats: rain
- Jul Fine, with caveats: rain
- Aug Fine, with caveats: rain
- Sep Fine, with caveats: rain
- Oct Fine, with caveats: rain
- Nov Good
- Dec Good
Good Fine, with caveats Hard heat rain
Cheaper and fewer tourists: Mar–Oct - the trade-off: heat, rain
Country-wide average; mountains, coasts and the far north or south can differ.
Holidays that change a tripThingyan (Water Festival) · April 13 - 16, 2027
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Thingyan (Water Festival) - April 13 - 16, 2027
New Year water festival: expect to get soaked in the street. Offices closed, transport busy.
What to bring and knowC, D, F, G · 230 V
- Sockets: type C, D, F, G · 230 V, 50 Hz
Phone and laptop chargers usually work (100–240 V); you may need a plug adapter. - Traffic drives on the right
- Drink bottled or boiled water, not from the tap
- At temples, mosques and churches cover shoulders and knees and take off shoes where asked
- Mar–May: sunscreen, a hat, light clothes, a water bottle
- Jun–Oct: a light raincoat or umbrella, a waterproof phone pouch
Medicines, bans and the law
- Declare gold, gems and jewellery, and foreign currency over US$10,000. source
- Carry prescription medicines in their original packaging with a copy of the prescription.
Paying with a foreign card26 of 45 services in our catalogue accept one
- Taxi & Cars: Grab
- Public Transport & Maps: Rome2Rio, Moovit, Google Maps
- Food & Groceries: GrabMart
- Telecom, Internet & Apps: Viber
- Shopping, Classifieds & Parcels: DHL Express, FedEx, AliExpress
- Travel: Tickets & Hotels: Agoda, Booking.com, Myanmar National Airlines
Based on our checks of each service. Banks may add a fee for payments abroad.
Phone and internet
- Facebook, X and Instagram are blocked and VPNs are restricted; the internet can be cut in some regions.
- 11 of 45 services here need a local phone number for the SMS code, for example Wave Money, KBZPay, Hello Cabs.
- Mobile operators and eSIM →
Checked: October 15
Useful phrasesBurmese
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- Hello မင်္ဂလာပါ mingalaba
- Excuse me တဆိတ်လောက် tasate lout
- I don’t understand နားမလည်ဘူး na ma le bu
- Do you speak English? အင်္ဂလိပ်လို ပြောတတ်လား ingaleik lo pyaw tat la?
- Where is the toilet? အိမ်သာ ဘယ်မှာလဲ eain tha be hma le?
- The bill, please ဘေလ်ရှင်းမယ် bel shin me
- Please take me to this address (show it on the map) ဒီလိပ်စာကို ပို့ပေးပါ။ Di leik-sa go po pei ba.
- How much will it cost? ဘယ်လောက်လဲ။ Be lauk le?
- Stop here, please ဒီမှာ ရပ်ပေးပါ။ Di hma yat pei ba.
- Please wait a moment ခဏစောင့်ပေးပါ။ Kha-na saung pei ba.
- Thank you ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါတယ်။ Kyei-zu tin ba de.
- Please help me, I am a foreigner ကျေးဇူးပြု၍ ကူညီပါ၊ ကျွန်တော်/ကျွန်မ နိုင်ငံခြားသားပါ။ Kyay-zu pyu ywe ku-nyi ba, kya-naw/kya-ma naing-ngan-gya-tha ba.
- Please take me to a hospital ဆေးရုံကို ပို့ပေးပါ။ Hsay-yon go po pay ba.
- I am allergic to… ကျွန်ုပ် ဒါကို ဓာတ်မတည့်ပါ - kyun-nok da-go dat ma-tae ba
- Where is the nearest pharmacy? အနီးဆုံး ဆေးဆိုင် ဘယ်မှာလဲ။ A-ni-zon hsay-zaing be-hma le?
- Please call the police ရဲကို ခေါ်ပေးပါ။ Ye go khaw pay ba.
- I have lost my passport ပတ်စ်ပို့ ပျောက်သွားပါတယ်။ Passport pyauk thwa ba de.
- Where is the nearest ATM? အနီးဆုံး ATM ဘယ်မှာလဲ။ A-ni-zon ATM be-hma le?