Amboli in October

Listed as a month to avoid: Aug–Oct (heavy rain, road slips).

October is rated avoid. These months rate higher:

• JuneGreatInside Amboli's best window: Jun–Jul (monsoon, cool and green).
• JulyGreatInside Amboli's best window: Jun–Jul (monsoon, cool and green).
• DecemberGoodOutside the best window (Jun–Jul (monsoon, cool and green)). Across India: Rajasthan, Kerala and Goa at their best; book the Christmas–New Year week far ahead.
• JanuaryGoodOutside the best window (Jun–Jul (monsoon, cool and green)). Across India: Peak for Rajasthan, Kerala and Goa; fog in the north delays trains and flights in the mornings.

• AmboliHighs around 29 °C (84 °F), lows around 19 °C (66 °F), rain on about 8 daysHighs around 84 °F (29 °C), lows around 66 °F (19 °C), rain on about 8 days

Dates as our data lists them. Moving holidays (lunar and Islamic calendars, Easter) shift every year: check the date for your year before you build a trip on it.

• Durga Puja and Dussehra big impact

  ~17–21 Oct 2026 (check) · India

  Kolkata's pandals draw millions; trains to the east sell out; effigies burnt across the north on Dussehra.

• Diwali big impact

  ~8 Nov 2026; ~29 Oct 2027 (check) · India

  Biggest travel week of the year: trains and flights full, fireworks for days, smog spikes in the north.

Crowds · India overall

Medium

Prices · India overall

Medium

India overall: Post-monsoon clarity in the north and hills; Durga Puja and Dussehra; the south-east coast turns wet.

Weather, crowds and prices for any two months in Amboli, side by side.

Nothing unusual for the weather this month.

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