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Where to stay in Odisha
This guide covers 14 destinations in Odisha, a first-level administrative division of India, with 526 places to stay between them. The largest by population are Bhubaneswar, Cuttack and Rourkela. Across its destinations, December and January are the months comfortable in the most places. The airport most of them name as their nearest is Biju Patnaik International Airport (BBI).
- Destinations in this guide
- 14
- Places to stay
- 526
- Comfortable in the most places
- December and January
- Main airport
- BBIBiju Patnaik International Airport
- Currency
- INRIndian rupee
- Time zone
- Asia/Kolkata
Destinations
Destinations in Odisha
Every destination in this guide in Odisha, the ones with the most places to stay first. Best months are the months that are comfortable there (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month); the nearest airport is by straight-line distance from the centre.
| Destination | Population | Places to stay | Nearest airport |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bhubaneswar | 837,737 | 328 | BBI · 5 km |
| Puri | 201,026 | 133 | BBI · 50 km |
| Cuttack | 606,007 | 30 | BBI · 23 km |
| Rourkela | 552,970 | 15 | IXR · 127 km |
| Brahmapur | 355,823 | 7 | BBI · 150 km |
| Jharsuguda | 97,730 | 5 | |
| Jatani | 63,697 | 5 | BBI · 15 km |
| Balasore | 118,162 | 2 | |
| Bhadrak | 107,463 | 1 | BBI · 116 km |
| Balangir | 98,238 | UKE · 76 km | |
| Bhawanipatna | 69,045 | UKE · 22 km | |
| Dhenkanal | 67,414 | BBI · 51 km | |
| Barbil | 66,540 | IXR · 134 km | |
| Rayagada | 57,732 | UKE · 106 km |
Where to stay
Hotels in Odisha
526 hotels in Odisha recorded in Wikidata and not marked closed; the 30 best known are shown, by the number of Wikipedia editions that cover them. Each is listed under the destination it is within 25 km of.
When to go
Best time to visit Odisha
From the climate of 14 destinations in Odisha with climate data: how many are comfortable each month (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month), and the typical high and rainfall across them. The months comfortable in the most places: December and January.
| Month | Comfortable destinations | Typical high | Typical rainfall |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14 of 14 | 27 °C | 13 mm |
| February | 1 of 14 | 30 °C | 21 mm |
| March | 0 of 14 | 34 °C | 20 mm |
| April | 0 of 14 | 37 °C | 39 mm |
| May | 0 of 14 | 38 °C | 74 mm |
| June | 0 of 14 | 36 °C | 192 mm |
| July | 0 of 14 | 32 °C | 291 mm |
| August | 0 of 14 | 32 °C | 329 mm |
| September | 0 of 14 | 32 °C | 254 mm |
| October | 0 of 14 | 32 °C | 142 mm |
| November | 3 of 14 | 30 °C | 22 mm |
| December | 14 of 14 | 28 °C | 4 mm |
Typical = the median across the destinations. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Airports serving Odisha
The airports with scheduled flights that the destinations in Odisha name among their nearest, by how many name each as the nearest. An airport can lie outside the region. Distances are straight lines from a destination's centre.
BBI · Biju Patnaik International Airport
UKE · Utkela Airport
IXR · Birsa Munda Airport
VTZ · Alluri Sitarama Raju International Airport (Vizag)
Good to know
Public holidays in Odisha, 2026
Shops and offices may close and transport may run reduced timetables on these dates. Source: python-holidays (MIT).
Nationwide in India
Regional holidays observed in Odisha
Nearby
Regions near Odisha
Other regions of India with a page in this guide, nearest first by the straight-line distance between the median positions of their destinations.
Sources: destinations and their regions from Wikidata; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia, ODbL); public holidays from python-holidays (MIT); further hotels from Wikidata. A region has a page here when at least 3 destinations of this guide lie in it. How this guide is made.