Settle into
Shillong in October
The hill capital: pines, cafes and the plateau at 1,500m.
Quick answer. Post-monsoon. Rivers and falls still strong, skies clearing, the harvest festival period begins. For Shillong specifically, October is a comfortable month with the usual hill-state caveats.
The essentials
- Altitude
- About 1,500m
- From Guwahati
- About 100km
- Airport
- Umroi (limited) / GAU
- Signature
- Music, pines, cafes
- Month
- October, Meghalaya
- This month
- Post-monsoon.
Why October here
Meghalaya’s capital and everyone’s base: Ward’s Lake, Elephant Falls, Shillong Peak and a live-music city.
Shillong sits on the Khasi plateau at about 1,500m and runs at its own pace: colonial-era pines, Ward’s Lake, the Police Bazar food circuit and a live-music culture that earns the city its rock reputation. Official itineraries pair it with Umiam Lake on the way in, the cathedral, the Ever Living Museum, Laitkor Peak and Lady Hydari Park.
What to do
Ward’s Lake
The wooden bridge over the city’s ornamental lake.
Shillong Peak
The plateau lookout above the city.
Music circuit
Bars and venues with genuinely good live acts.
Pair it with
Shillong in October, planned properly
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