Pokémon GO May 2026 Community Day- Featured Pokémon, Locations, and More

Niantic announces the Pokémon GO May 2026 Community Day, which is scheduled for Saturday, May 9, 2026! Players can join the Trainers in their area and catch Lechonk, the Hog Pokémon, which will be featured during May Community Day! Check out the detailed information below.

Pokémon GO May 2026 Community Day – Locations

This day long Community Day meetups will take place from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. IST in 45 cities. Check out the list below.

Agartala’s Children’s Park
Ahmedabad’s one mall
Bengaluru’s Cubbon Park, Centro Mall, Hanuman Park, Kempfort Mall, Spice Garden, Dr Rajkumar Park in Kammanahalli, Village Hypermarket in Neeladri Road, Smt Lakshmi Devi Udyanavana, Orion Mall in Rajajinagar and Swabhiman Park in HSR Layout
Bhubaneswar’s Kharavela Park, Burdwan’s Reagent Crown Mall
Chennai’s Tower Park in Anna Nagar and SRM Tech Park and IIT Madras Campus
Chengalpattu’s Clock Court in VIT Campus
Faridabad’s Tau Devilal-Town Park in Sector – 12
Ghaziabad’s North India Mall in Indirapuram
Hyderabad’s Jayalaxmi Gardens, Sarath City Capital Mall in Kothaguda, Indirapark and Sainikpuri
Kochi’s Lulu Mall in Edapally
Kolkata’s Surya Sen Nagar Playground, Salt Lake Stadium, Dewanpara Nagarik Samity Park and Lions Safari Park in Rabindra Sarovar Lake, Layelka Math, Shapoorji Children’s Park, Wireless KMC Park and Sarsuna Housing Park
Lucknow’s Sahara Ganj Mall
Mumbai’s Shivaji Park, Horniman Circle Garden, Dockyard Road Station, Sahyadri Ground, Veer Savarkar Udyan, Jogger’s Park, Samarth Garden in Lokhandwala and Vardhaman Fantasy Park
Mysore’s Saraswatipuram Park
New Delhi’s Japanese Park in Rohini, Vegas Mall in Sector 14, Dwarka, Qudesia Bagh, DTU Campus, AMUL in IIT-Delhi Campus and Eros One Mall, Lodhi Garden
Guwahati’s Sati Radhike Shanti Udyan
Madurai’s Madurai Corporation Eco Park
Mallikpur’s CMD Road in Khanpara Ground
Mangalore’s Kadri Park
Navi Mumbai’s Rajiv Gandhi Garden in Airoli, Mandva Garden in Kalamboli, Inorbit Mall in Vashi
Noida’s Meghdootam Park
Pune’s Sarasbaug
Surat’s Lake View Garden
Trivandrum’s LuLu Mall
Vellore’s Technology Tower in VIT Campus
Gurugram’s Leisure Valley Park
Ludhiana’s Sarabha Nagar
Chinsura’s Rupnagar Park
Vizag’s Inorbit Mall
Varanasi’s Shaheed Udyan Park
Vadodara’s Sayaji Baug
Uttarpara’s C.A.Math
Santipur’s Santipur Public Library Playground
Ranchi’s Mecon Ground
Palakkad’s Lulu Mall
Nagpur’s Empress Mall
Kanpur’s Kargil Park, Motijheel
Jaipur’s World Trade Park
Indore’s Lal Bagh Garden
Goa’s Ravindra Bhavan in Fatorda and Communicate Hall
Bhopal’s DB Mall
Chandigarh’s Rose Garden in Sec-16 B
Coimbatore’s VOC Park
Cuttack’s Satyabrata Park
Dehradun’s Gandhi Park.

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Featured Pokémon

Lechonk will appear more frequently in the wild. If you’re lucky, you might encounter a Shiny one or one that has a Special Background!

Featured attack – Evolve Lechonk during the event or up to four hours afterwards to get an Oinkologne that knows the Fast Attack Mud Slap.

Mud Slap

Trainer Battles: 11 power
Gyms and raids: 19 power

Community Day Special Research

For INR 59 (or the equivalent pricing tier in your local currency), you’ll be able to access the Lechonk Community Day–exclusive Special Research. Complete this research for even more rewards, including the following.

3 encounters with Lechonk that have a Special Background
Additional encounters with Lechonk
1 Premium Battle Pass
1 Rare Candy XL
And even more goodies!
Stay tuned for when tickets for the Special Research go live.

Don’t forget: You’re now able to purchase and gift tickets to any of your friends that you’ve achieved a Friendship level of Great Friends or higher with.

To gift a ticket, tap the Special Research ticket in the in-game shop, then tap the Gift button instead of the Buy button.
Tickets are non-refundable (subject to applicable law and the exceptions set forth in the Terms of Service). Please note that this Special Research will not include an in-game medal and will not feature a story.

Certain restrictions apply. Gifting cannot be completed if the recipient has purchased a Special Research ticket or has been gifted one already.

Event Bonuses

1/4 Egg Hatch Distance when Eggs are placed in an Incubator during the event period.
2× Candy for catching Pokémon.
2× chance for Trainers level 31 and up to receive Candy XL from catching Pokémon.
Incense (excluding Daily Adventure Incense) activated during the event will last for three hours.
Take a few snapshots during Community Day for a surprise!
Lure Modules will last for one hour and may attract the featured Pokémon
One additional Special Trade can be made for a maximum of two for the day
Trades will require 50% less Stardust

While most bonuses are only active during the three-hour event period, these will be active from 2:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. local time.

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