Region · India
Where to stay in Punjab
This guide covers 15 destinations in Punjab, a first-level administrative division of India, with 620 places to stay between them. The largest by population are Ludhiana, Amritsar and Jalandhar. Across its destinations, November to February are the months comfortable in the most places. The airport most of them name as their nearest is Halwara International Airport (HWR).
- Destinations in this guide
- 15
- Places to stay
- 620
- Comfortable in the most places
- November to February
- Main airport
- HWRHalwara International Airport
- Currency
- INRIndian rupee
- Time zone
- Asia/Kolkata
Destinations
Destinations in Punjab
Every destination in this guide in Punjab, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amritsar | 1,159,227 | 243 | ATQ · 12 km |
| Ludhiana | 1,618,879 | 121 | HWR · 27 km |
| Mohali | 146,213 | 107 | IXC · 9 km |
| Jalandhar | 873,725 | 66 | HWR · 64 km |
| Phagwara | 97,864 | 38 | HWR · 54 km |
| Bathinda | 285,813 | 19 | HWR · 88 km |
| Patiala | 406,192 | 10 | IXC · 19 km |
| Pathankot | 155,909 | 5 | IXP · 4 km |
| Rupnagar | 61,314 | 5 | IXC · 41 km |
| Kapurthala | 101,854 | 3 | ATQ · 66 km |
| Moga | 163,397 | 2 | HWR · 45 km |
| Malout | 70,958 | 1 | HWR · 125 km |
| Batala | 183,314 | ATQ · 40 km | |
| Faridkot | 87,695 | HWR · 84 km | |
| Mansa | 82,956 | HWR · 86 km |
Where to stay
Hotels in Punjab
620 hotels in Punjab 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 Punjab
From the climate of 15 destinations in Punjab 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: November to February.
| Month | Comfortable destinations | Typical high | Typical rainfall |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14 of 15 | 20 °C | 32 mm |
| February | 15 of 15 | 22 °C | 32 mm |
| March | 12 of 15 | 28 °C | 27 mm |
| April | 0 of 15 | 35 °C | 15 mm |
| May | 0 of 15 | 39 °C | 17 mm |
| June | 0 of 15 | 39 °C | 73 mm |
| July | 0 of 15 | 35 °C | 201 mm |
| August | 0 of 15 | 34 °C | 201 mm |
| September | 0 of 15 | 34 °C | 122 mm |
| October | 0 of 15 | 33 °C | 11 mm |
| November | 15 of 15 | 27 °C | 8 mm |
| December | 15 of 15 | 21 °C | 9 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 Punjab
The airports with scheduled flights that the destinations in Punjab 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.
HWR · Halwara International Airport
ATQ · Sri Guru Ram Das Ji International Airport
IXC · Shaheed Bhagat Singh International Airport
IXP · Pathankot Airport
LHE · Allama Iqbal International Airport
HSS · Maharaja Agrasen International Airport
KUU · Kullu Manali Airport
DHM · Kangra Airport
IXJ · Jammu Airport
Good to know
Public holidays in Punjab, 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 Punjab
Nearby
Regions near Punjab
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.