India
Goa
Goa is one of the 36 regions of India; its largest place is Panaji.
Best timeJan–Mar
Best weather in OctoberMormugao 50
October: highs29° – 30°
Rain this month, on average149mm
Mean of its 20 best-known places. Best: Jan–Mar.
Goa at a glance
The atlas follows 440 places here month by month, with 0 mountains and 28 monuments; across the most visited of them, the best months are January, February and March.
When to go to Goa
The best places of every month here, and the average climate of the best-known ones.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 77 | 79 | 75 | 56 | 43 | 39 | 41 | 44 | 46 | 47 | 66 | 73 |
| High | 30° | 30° | 30° | 31° | 31° | 28° | 27° | 27° | 28° | 29° | 30° | 30° |
| Low | 21° | 22° | 23° | 25° | 27° | 26° | 25° | 24° | 24° | 25° | 24° | 22° |
| Rain (mm) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 81 | 956 | 1,020 | 716 | 332 | 149 | 34 | 5 |
Places in Goa
The best-known places with their score this month; every town and village is in the A to Z list below.
48OctoberPanaji
40k people
29° / 25°148 mm
49OctoberVagator
15k people
29° / 25°142 mm
45OctoberMargao
88k people
30° / 25°149 mm
49OctoberVasco da Gama
100k people
29° / 25°142 mm
50OctoberMormugao
94k people
29° / 25°142 mm
49OctoberChapora Fort
1,000 people
29° / 25°140 mm
42OctoberCurti
16k people
30° / 23°174 mm
49OctoberCandolim
9,197 people
29° / 25°138 mm
2 districts, each with all of its towns and villages
More towns and villages of Goa · 9
Goa from above
Every place scored for the month you pick: comfortable temperatures, dry days and clear skies.
OctoberMonth scores for Goa
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Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH · CC BY 4.0 · Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016
Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH · CC BY 4.0 · Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016
Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH · CC BY 4.0 · Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016
Photo: Frederick Noronha fredericknoronha1@gmail.com · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia CommonsReport this photo · linked, not stored
Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH · CC BY 4.0 · Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016
Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH · CC BY 4.0 · Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016
Nature in Goa
River
Mandovi River
River
Zuari River
River
Chapora River
River
Terekhol RiverBeach
Vagator Beach
Beach
Chapora BeachWildlife in October
The birds and mammals of India seen most this month, compared with the rest of their year.
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Outdoors in Goa
Culture in Goa
Basilica of Bom JesusBuilt 1605 · baroque
Se CathedralBuilt 1562 · Gothic art
Church of Our Lady of the RosaryBuilt 1543 · Manueline
Church of St. Francis of AssisiBuilt 1661 · baroque
St Catherine's Chapel, Old GoaBuilt 1550 · baroque
Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception ChurchBuilt 1609 · baroque
Museum
Goa State MuseumBuilt 1996
Museum
Goa Chitra MuseumBuilt 2010The festival year
What's on in Goa
Getting to Goa
Goa Dabolim International AirportGOI · Panaji
13 kmManohar International AirportGOX · Panaji
28 kmSindhudurg AirportSDW · Panaji
65 kmKarmaliPanaji
11 kmPernemVagator
15 kmMadgaon JunctionMargao
0.8 kmVasco da GamaVasco da Gama
1.2 kmTowns in Goa from A to Z
The 84 main places; every village is listed on its district's page.
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Other regions of India
Andaman and Nicobar154Andhra Pradesh25,909Arunachal Pradesh453Assam1,351Bihar42,481Chandigarh47Chhattisgarh17,475Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu63Delhi369Gujarat4,434Haryana7,097Himachal Pradesh20,958Jammu and Kashmir11,424Jharkhand27,702Karnataka31,189Kerala6,296Ladakh481Lakshadweep11Madhya Pradesh46,897Maharashtra22,045Manipur234Meghalaya223Mizoram225Nagaland221Odisha21,097Puducherry220Punjab11,416Rajasthan19,806Sikkim331Tamil Nadu39,553Telangana12,655Tripura119Uttar Pradesh152,693Uttarakhand11,425West Bengal4,156