Additional twig suggestions for menus Unlike other elements, the base twig suggestions for menus are only "menu.html.twig" and "menu-[menu_name].html.twig".

I am aware that I can generate additional suggestions through the hook THEME_theme_suggestions_menu_alter, but the $variables array does not contain any useful data. Case in point, I want to retrieve the current region, is it possible?
All steps described here work for me with some minor modifications.

GOAL: show main menu in both header and footer region, but use a different template file for both (based on their region).
PREMISE: your theme has regions (like header and footer) and you have used the drupal block system to place the main menu in both your header as in your footer.

I did this in mytheme.theme file:
Dont forget to add the Block use statement in the beginning of your .theme file:

use Drupal\block\Entity\Block;


Now here's the magic for region based menu templates. Also inside your .theme file:

/**
 * Implements hook_preprocess_HOOK().
 *
 * Pass block region value to content so this can be used in
 * MYTHEME_theme_suggestions_menu_alter.
 */
function MYTHEME_preprocess_block(&amp;$variables) {
  if (isset($variables['elements']['#id'])) {
    $region = Block::load($variables['elements']['#id'])-&gt;getRegion();
    $variables['content']['#attributes']['region'] = $region;
  }
}

/**
 * Implements hook_theme_suggestions_HOOK_alter().
 *
 * Provide region based menu suggestions.
 */
function MYTHEME_theme_suggestions_menu_alter(&amp;$suggestions, array $variables) {
  if (isset($variables['attributes']['region'])) {
    $suggestions[] = 'menu__' . $variables['menu_name'] . '__' . $variables['attributes']['region'];
  }
}


RESULT when inspecting the main menu inside the header:

&lt;!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS:
* menu--main.html.twig
* menu--main--header.html.twig
* menu.html.twig
--&gt; 


RESULT when inspecting the main menu inside the footer:

&lt;!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS:
* menu--main.html.twig
* menu--main--footer.html.twig
* menu.html.twig
--&gt;