Step back at
Digboi in December
The century-old oil town.
Quick answer. Winter returns, dry and clear. Peak season for wildlife and cultural circuits. For Digboi specifically, December is inside the short good window, so lock stays early.
The essentials
- Refinery
- Commissioned 1901
- Sights
- Oil museum, war cemetery, old golf course
- Month
- December, Assam
- This month
- Winter returns, dry and clear.
Why December here
Asia’s oldest working refinery (commissioned 1901), a golf course from the oil era and war memorials.
Digboi grew around one of the world’s oldest working oil refineries, commissioned in 1901: refinery-era bungalows, an old golf course, an oil museum and war cemetery give it a period atmosphere unlike anywhere else in the region.
Wildlife this month: Full safari season.
What to do
Oil museum
The story of the region’s oil rush.
Elsewhere in Assam in December
The wider Assam calendar this month: Magh Bihu period (mid-January). Dates shift with harvests and moons; we confirm them when you plan.
Pair it with
Digboi in December, planned properly
Tell us your dates and group size. Solo travellers can join fixed departures and keep the freedom. A real person replies with a plan and an honest price.