Festival & event · Nevada, USA

Burning Man

Purists insist Burning Man isn't a festival, and annoyingly they're right: it's a temporary city of 70,000 in the Nevada desert with no line-up, no headliners and nothing for sale except ice and coffee.

Best forNightlife
Approx. flying time~1h 20m from Los Angeles
Nearest airportReno (RNO)

Takes place in Burning Man, Nevada, USA — nearest airport Reno (RNO), about 151km away.

The festival

You bring everything, gift freely, and dance at sunrise beside art cars the size of galleons. Fly into Reno, join an established camp rather than winging it solo, and pack triple the water you think you need. The dust stays with you forever.

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When to go

Daytime highs run from about 6°C in December to 35°C in July. Driest in July and August; wettest in March, with rain on about 9 days.

The year at a glance — pick a month for detail

August33° · rain 1 dayHot and dry.

Monthly figures averaged from daily records for 2020–2024 at this location (ERA5 reanalysis). Highlighted months are warm and mostly dry — May and June and August to October.

Where to base yourself

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Flights

Los Angeles Burning Man, Nevada, USA

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