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Assam in May

Hot and increasingly wet. Tea gardens are at their greenest; tourism quiets down.

Green river valley landscape, representative of Northeast India — Assam, May

Season: Hot and increasingly wet. Tea gardens are at their greenest; tourism quiets down.
Festivals: None on the calendar
Know first: Pre-monsoon storms; park season is effectively over.

Where to go

Places that make sense in May

Tea-country landscape, representative of Jorhat

The tea capital and the jumping-off point for Majuli.

Tea landscape, representative of Dibrugarh

Assam Dibrugarh

Upper Assam’s tea city and the east gate.

Heritage industrial landscape, representative of Digboi

The century-old oil town.

Industrial-heritage landscape, representative of Margherita

Assam Margherita

Coal, the Ledo road and the Singpho edge.

Hill-town landscape, representative of Haflong

Assam’s only hill station.

Entry rules

Permits in May

No permits for any nationality.

Months

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Facts checked against the official Assam tourism portal · Last verified 2026-09-26

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