Step back at
Digboi in January
The century-old oil town.
Quick answer. Winter. Cool, dry and clear across the Brahmaputra valley, this is peak wildlife season. For Digboi specifically, January is inside the short good window, so lock stays early.
The essentials
- Refinery
- Commissioned 1901
- Sights
- Oil museum, war cemetery, old golf course
- Month
- January, Assam
- This month
- Winter.
Why January 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: Kaziranga and Manas are open and at their best: grass is short and sightings are easiest.
What to do
Oil museum
The story of the region’s oil rush.
Elsewhere in Assam in January
The wider Assam calendar this month: Magh Bihu. Dates shift with harvests and moons; we confirm them when you plan.
Pair it with
Digboi in January, planned properly
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