India
Sikkim
Sikkim is one of the 36 regions of India; its largest place is Gangtok.
Best timeJan · Nov–Dec
Best weather in OctoberMangan 84
October: highs13° – 28°
Rain this month, on average140mm
Mean of its 17 best-known places. Best: Jan · Nov–Dec.
Sikkim at a glance
The atlas follows 331 places here month by month, with 30 mountains and 6 monuments; across the most visited of them, the best months are January, November and December.
When to go to Sikkim
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 | 79 | 79 | 76 | 62 | 56 | 48 | 43 | 43 | 51 | 77 | 92 | 86 |
| High | 15° | 17° | 20° | 23° | 24° | 25° | 25° | 25° | 25° | 23° | 20° | 17° |
| Low | 8° | 9° | 12° | 14° | 17° | 20° | 20° | 20° | 19° | 16° | 12° | 10° |
| Rain (mm) | 53 | 65 | 114 | 199 | 252 | 475 | 724 | 593 | 424 | 140 | 44 | 35 |
Places in Sikkim
The best-known places with their score this month; every town and village is in the A to Z list below.
80OctoberGangtok
100k people
20° / 14°179 mm
72OctoberJorethang
9,009 people
28° / 20°93 mm
81OctoberNamchi
12k people
22° / 14°133 mm
71OctoberRangpo
10k people
28° / 21°122 mm
82OctoberRhenock
5,883 people
24° / 17°154 mm
76OctoberSingtam
5,868 people
26° / 20°115 mm
82OctoberNaya Bazar
1,035 people
25° / 17°105 mm
82October
Gyalshing
4,013 people
22° / 14°133 mm
6 districts, each with all of its towns and villages
Gangtok19 places · 106k · Gangtok
Gyalshing17 places · 4,163 · Gyalshing
Mangan31 places · 12k · Mangan
Namchi128 places · 15k · Namchi
Pakyong65 places · 16k · Rangpo
Soreng67 places · 6,088 · Naya Bazar
More towns and villages of Sikkim · 4
Sikkim from above
Every place scored for the month you pick: comfortable temperatures, dry days and clear skies.
OctoberMonth scores for Sikkim
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
Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH · CC BY 4.0 · Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016
Nature in Sikkim
Summit8,586 m
Kanchenjunga
Summit8,476 m
Kangchenjunga South
Summit7,780 m
Zemu Gap Peak
River
Teesta River
National park
Khangchendzonga National Park
Lake
Lake TsongmoWildlife in October
The birds and mammals of India seen most this month, compared with the rest of their year.
Outdoors in Sikkim
Culture in Sikkim
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What's on in Sikkim
Getting to Sikkim
Bagdogra AirportIXB · Gangtok
77 kmParo International AirportPBH · Gangtok
81 kmTaplejung AirportTPJ · Gangtok
91 kmDarjeelingJorethang
9.7 kmTowns in Sikkim from A to Z
The 17 main places; every village is listed on its district's page.
Other regions of India
Andaman and Nicobar154Andhra Pradesh25,909Arunachal Pradesh453Assam1,351Bihar42,481Chandigarh47Chhattisgarh17,475Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu63Delhi369Goa440Gujarat4,434Haryana7,097Himachal Pradesh20,958Jammu and Kashmir11,424Jharkhand27,702Karnataka31,189Kerala6,296Ladakh481Lakshadweep11Madhya Pradesh46,897Maharashtra22,045Manipur234Meghalaya223Mizoram225Nagaland221Odisha21,097Puducherry220Punjab11,416Rajasthan19,806Tamil Nadu39,553Telangana12,655Tripura119Uttar Pradesh152,693Uttarakhand11,425West Bengal4,156