På gång i Ooty (Udhagamandalam), India under året

Mest folk — Christmas to New Year rush, Winter break i India

• Regel

  Nilgiris peak-season e-pass

  1 jan – 31 decBoka tidigt

  Vehicles driving into the Nilgiris during the peak months have needed an e-pass in recent years, ordered by the courts to hold the traffic down. It is issued online and checked at the district boundary, so sort it before you set off. Källa ↗

• Regel

  Mountain railway reservations

  1 jan – 31 decBoka tidigt

  The rack railway up from Mettupalayam runs once a day and the reserved seats go in the first hour of the booking window opening. The shorter Coonoor services are far easier to get on and cover the best of the climb. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Clear winter season (1 dec – 28 feb), Christmas to New Year rush (22 dec – 2 jan (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en av dess bästa vädermånader

Inget nytt börjar i februari.

Pågår fortfarande: Nilgiris peak-season e-pass (1 jan – 31 dec), Mountain railway reservations (1 jan – 31 dec), Clear winter season (1 dec – 28 feb)

Mycket folk — skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en av dess bästa vädermånader

Inget nytt börjar i mars.

Pågår fortfarande: Nilgiris peak-season e-pass (1 jan – 31 dec), Mountain railway reservations (1 jan – 31 dec)

Mest folk — Summer hill-station season, Summer vacation (Kerala / far south) i India

• Säsong

  Summer hill-station season

  1 apr – 15 junSkollovTrångtBoka tidigt

  The plains come up and the town takes most of its year's business in ten weeks. The Botanical Garden, the lake and the toy train are all being done by the same people on the same day, and the Mall is a queue of cars.

Pågår fortfarande: Nilgiris peak-season e-pass (1 jan – 31 dec), Mountain railway reservations (1 jan – 31 dec)

Mest folk — Summer hill-station season, Summer festival flower show

• Festival

  Summer festival flower show

  1–31 maj · vanligtvisStor festivalTrångt

  The district's summer festival puts a flower show in the Botanical Garden, a rose show on the hill above it and a boat race on the lake. It is the peak of the peak, and the town is booked out for it. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Nilgiris peak-season e-pass (1 jan – 31 dec), Mountain railway reservations (1 jan – 31 dec), Summer hill-station season (1 apr – 15 jun)

Mest folk — Summer hill-station season, Summer vacation (north & east) i India

• Säsong

  South-west monsoon in the hills

  15 jun – 31 aug · vanligtvisRisk

  The hills go into cloud and the view from Doddabetta disappears for weeks. The tea looks its best and the hotels are at their cheapest, and the second, north-east monsoon comes back through October and November.

Pågår fortfarande: Nilgiris peak-season e-pass (1 jan – 31 dec), Mountain railway reservations (1 jan – 31 dec), Summer hill-station season (1 apr – 15 jun)

Lugnt — skollov i 5 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en av dess sämsta vädermånader

Inget nytt börjar i juli.

Pågår fortfarande: Nilgiris peak-season e-pass (1 jan – 31 dec), Mountain railway reservations (1 jan – 31 dec), South-west monsoon in the hills (15 jun – 31 aug (vanligtvis))

Lugnt — skollov i 4 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en av dess sämsta vädermånader

Inget nytt börjar i augusti.

Pågår fortfarande: Nilgiris peak-season e-pass (1 jan – 31 dec), Mountain railway reservations (1 jan – 31 dec), South-west monsoon in the hills (15 jun – 31 aug (vanligtvis))

Mellansäsong — skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en helt vanlig månad

Inget nytt börjar i september.

Pågår fortfarande: Nilgiris peak-season e-pass (1 jan – 31 dec), Mountain railway reservations (1 jan – 31 dec)

Mest folk — Diwali, Autumn break (Dussehra / Diwali) i India

• Helg

  Diwali

  15 okt – 15 nov · vanligtvisTrångtBoka tidigtStängningar

  Diwali is a public holiday and the biggest festival of the Hindu year: homes and markets are lit, fireworks go on for several nights, many shops close on the day itself, and Indians travel to family or on holiday, so trains, flights and hotels book up early. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Nilgiris peak-season e-pass (1 jan – 31 dec), Mountain railway reservations (1 jan – 31 dec)

Mycket folk — Diwali

Inget nytt börjar i november.

Pågår fortfarande: Nilgiris peak-season e-pass (1 jan – 31 dec), Mountain railway reservations (1 jan – 31 dec), Diwali (15 okt – 15 nov (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Christmas to New Year rush, Winter break i India

• Säsong

  Clear winter season

  1 dec – 28 febTorrsäsong

  The clearest air of the year, with frost on the Botanical Garden lawn on the coldest mornings, which is exactly what the domestic visitors come up for. Quiet apart from the week around New Year.

• Helg

  Christmas to New Year rush

  22 dec – 2 jan · vanligtvisJul & nyårTrångtBoka tidigt

  The week from Christmas to New Year is India's busiest holiday stretch: schools and many offices break, domestic travellers pour into hill stations, heritage towns and resorts, and hotels charge peak rates, often with a New Year's Eve dinner surcharge. Book early. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Nilgiris peak-season e-pass (1 jan – 31 dec), Mountain railway reservations (1 jan – 31 dec)