




India
About 1.35B people live in India, on 3,287,590 km² in 36 regions; the capital is New Delhi. The highest summit is Kanchenjunga (8,586 m).
Mean of its 13 most visited places. Best: Jan–Feb · Dec.
India at a glance
The atlas follows 541,650 places here month by month, with 373 mountains and 1,406 monuments; across the most visited of them, the best months are January, February and December.
India's population
Every five years from 1950; from 2030 the projection.
+323%346.3M in 1950 → 1.46B in 2025 → 1.68B in 2050India · In numbers
The latest year each series has; the line is the whole series since 1960.
When to go to India
The places with the best weather in each month, scored from their climate.
Places and regions of India
The most visited places with their score this month, then every region with what the atlas follows there.
44OctoberBhubaneswar
Jaipur
Delhi
Mumbai
Kolkata
Lucknow
Chennai
Pune
36 regions




India from above
Every place scored for the month you pick: comfortable temperatures, dry days and clear skies.
Nature in India
Wildlife in October
The birds and mammals seen most this month, compared with the rest of their year.
Outdoors in India
Hiking routes, ski areas and everything to do outdoors, counted.
Culture in India
1,406 monuments and 461 museums; the best known first.

What's on in India
The ground and the sky in India
Earthquakes since 1950 and in the last month; eclipses, meteors and the moon as seen from the capital.
Getting to India
43 large airports, 9,049 railway stations, 471 ferry ports; the ones closest to the most visited places.
Practical information
Plugs, money, phone numbers and the side of the road: the things to know before you land.
