Macau in January
Highs around 18°C, lows 12°C, 30mm of rain; rooms mid-priced. One of the three driest months.
Best time to visit / Macau
When is it cheapest to visit Macau?
See how room prices move month by month, and know the cheapest window and the peak season to avoid before you book.
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Read from this city's own twelve months. The table below adds the temperature and rainfall for each one.
Macau is cheapest to visit in June, September.
Peak season is February, May, October, December, when rooms cost the most.
The month to pick is September. Rooms sit at this city's yearly low, and at an average high of 30°C and low of 25°C with 202mm of rain it asks the least of you of any of its cheap months.
The wettest month in Macau is June, at 396mm, and it is also one of the cheapest. That is usually the reason the rooms are cheap.
Macau month by month: weather and room prices
One row per month. The price column is relative to this city's own year, and the temperature and rainfall are thirty-year normals.
| Month | Rooms | Temp | Rain | What is on |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | Mid | 18°C / 12°C | 30mm | Nothing in particular |
| February | Peak | 18°C / 13°C | 40mm | Lunar New Year |
| March | Mid | 21°C / 16°C | 74mm | Nothing in particular |
| April | Mid | 24°C / 20°C | 180mm | Nothing in particular |
| May | Peak | 28°C / 23°C | 321mm | Golden Week, Monsoon |
| June | Cheap | 30°C / 26°C | 396mm | Monsoon |
| July | Mid | 31°C / 26°C | 289mm | Typhoon season |
| August | Mid | 31°C / 26°C | 354mm | Typhoon season |
| September | Cheap | 30°C / 25°C | 202mm | Typhoon season |
| Octobernow | Peak | 28°C / 22°C | 89mm | National holiday |
| November | Mid | 24°C / 18°C | 38mm | Nothing in particular |
| December | Peak | 20°C / 14°C | 32mm | New Year holiday, Local festival |
Temperature and rainfall are published 1991-2020 monthly normals from national meteorological agencies. The price level is Tripdify's own per-city read of peak seasons and holidays; what you actually pay varies by property and day of the week.
Macau month by month
Macau in February
Highs around 18°C, lows 13°C, 40mm of rain; rooms at the year's high. On this month: Lunar New Year.
Peak prices: book early if your dates are fixed.
Macau in March
Highs around 21°C, lows 16°C, 74mm of rain; rooms mid-priced.
Macau in April
Highs around 24°C, lows 20°C, 180mm of rain; rooms mid-priced.
Macau in May
Highs around 28°C, lows 23°C, 321mm of rain; rooms at the year's high. One of the three wettest months. On this month: Golden Week, Monsoon.
Peak prices: book early if your dates are fixed.
Macau in June
Highs around 30°C, lows 26°C, 396mm of rain; rooms at the year's low. One of the three wettest months. On this month: Monsoon.
Cheap, but wet: keep plans flexible and pack for rain.
Macau in July
Highs around 31°C, lows 26°C, 289mm of rain; rooms mid-priced. On this month: Typhoon season.
Macau in August
Highs around 31°C, lows 26°C, 354mm of rain; rooms mid-priced. One of the three wettest months. On this month: Typhoon season.
Macau in September
Highs around 30°C, lows 25°C, 202mm of rain; rooms at the year's low. On this month: Typhoon season.
Cheap, but wet: keep plans flexible and pack for rain.
Macau in October
Highs around 28°C, lows 22°C, 89mm of rain; rooms at the year's high. On this month: National holiday.
Peak prices: book early if your dates are fixed.
Macau in November
Highs around 24°C, lows 18°C, 38mm of rain; rooms mid-priced. One of the three driest months.
Macau in December
Highs around 20°C, lows 14°C, 32mm of rain; rooms at the year's high. One of the three driest months. On this month: New Year holiday, Local festival.
Peak prices: book early if your dates are fixed.
Macau seasons and room prices
Macau is most expensive over Lunar New Year and the two Mainland Golden Weeks in early October and early May, with further peaks for the Macau Grand Prix in November, Christmas and the New Year countdown. The bigger pattern is weekly: visitors pour in from Hong Kong and Guangdong on Friday and Saturday nights, and a casino resort can charge close to double its weekday rate on a Saturday. Sunday to Thursday nights are the value, and the hot typhoon months from June to September are the cheapest season. Book midweek and you get the same resort at a fraction of the weekend price.
Macau local costs and payment
The currency is the Macau pataca, but the Hong Kong dollar is accepted everywhere at close to par and casinos and hotels quote in it. Change comes back in patacas, which are hard to spend once you leave, so keep small amounts. Hotels, casino resorts and malls take cards, but old restaurants, egg tart bakeries and markets are cash. Macau hotels habitually list room rates before a 5 percent government tax and a 10 percent service charge, which makes the gap between the headline rate and the total larger than in Hong Kong, so compare Agoda channels on the total including tax.
Take Macau further into a stay plan
Once you have picked a cheap time to go, work out which base gives you the shortest travel.
When to visit Macau: common questions
When is it cheapest?
Macau is cheapest in the low season, June, September.
When is peak season?
February, May, October, December is peak season, when room prices are highest.
Which months should I avoid?
To spend the least, avoid the peak months of February, May, October, December, when prices climb.
Which month in Macau is both cheap and pleasant?
The month to pick is September. Rooms sit at this city's yearly low, and at an average high of 30°C and low of 25°C with 202mm of rain it asks the least of you of any of its cheap months.
Which month is wettest in Macau?
The wettest month in Macau is June, at 396mm, and it is also one of the cheapest. That is usually the reason the rooms are cheap.