About the data
170 events and shows · 20 traffic hotspots · 244 source links · Checked 1 Nov 2026
Where the data comes from
Event details come from Macao government departments (tourism, sports, culture, information, transport and police), the Grand Prix and marathon websites, the official event pages of the six integrated resorts, the MICE portal, and the public holidays published by the Macao, Mainland and Hong Kong governments. Ticketing sites and news outlets are only used as leads: events with only those sources are marked "awaiting organiser confirmation". Every event page links to its sources and the date they were checked.
How it is checked
Each week three collectors go through the sources above, then an independent checker opens every page to confirm the dates are really there before anything is published. Events with high or severe impact are rechecked one by one. Dates that are not yet announced and are inferred from past years are marked "expected", with the reasoning, and do not count towards crowd levels.
How crowd levels are calculated
Crowd levels are a rule-based estimate, not an official forecast. Each day's score and reasons are shown on the calendar.
| Mainland Spring Festival, National Day or May Day holiday | +4 |
| Other Mainland public holidays (including swapped days off) | +3 |
| Last day of a Mainland long holiday; Chinese New Year's Eve | +1 |
| Ordinary Mainland Saturday or Sunday (not swapped workdays) | +1 |
| Hong Kong public holiday | +1 |
| Macao public holiday (civil-service-only days excluded) | +1 |
| Event day: severe / high / medium / low | +3 / +2 / +1 / 0 |
| Shows on the same night, at most | +2 |
| Event with only ticketing or media sources | half points |
0–1 points is normal, 2–3 busy, 4–5 crowded and 6 or more a peak. Resident shows and events without a fixed date are not scored. When the police publish a holiday crowd forecast, theirs takes precedence. The rules were backtested against official daily arrivals for 32 days in 2026: the rank correlation between score and arrivals is 0.61, and average arrivals rise with each level (about 110,000 normal, 144,000 busy, 182,000 crowded, 187,000 peak). Arrivals were clearly lower on the last day of long holidays and on Chinese New Year's Eve, so those days score only 1 point.
How often it is updated
Every Monday. New road closures, changes and cancellations are picked up in the next update; for last-minute changes, the organiser's and government's announcements are final.
Disclaimer
This site collects public information for reference and does not speak for organisers or the government. Event details, tickets and traffic arrangements are as announced by the organisers and the government. We do not sell or book tickets and do not promote gambling. Crowd levels are rule-based estimates and may differ from what actually happens.
Privacy
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Maps and images
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, licensed under the ODbL; the base map is built with Protomaps tools and hosted on this site. Event images come from the official event pages of the organisers and integrated resorts, and copyright stays with their owners. Scenes of Macao are from the Government Information Bureau's promotional film Macao: A New Now, Shaping the Future.
Contact
If something is wrong, an event has changed or you want an image removed, email [email protected] and we will fix it in the next update.