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Where to stay in Uttarakhand

This guide covers 4 destinations in Uttarakhand, a first-level administrative division of India, with 563 places to stay between them. The largest by population are Dehradun, Rudrapur and Rishikesh. Across its destinations, November is the month comfortable in the most places. The airport most of them name as their nearest is Pantnagar Airport (PGH).

Destinations in this guide
4
Places to stay
563
Comfortable in the most places
November
Main airport
PGHPantnagar Airport
Currency
INRIndian rupee
Time zone
Asia/Kolkata

Destinations

Destinations in Uttarakhand

Every destination in this guide in Uttarakhand, 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.

DestinationPopulationPlaces to stayBest monthsNearest airport
Dehradun578,420308February, March and October to DecemberDED · 20 km
Rishikesh70,499225February, March and October to DecemberDED · 16 km
Rudrapur154,48529November to FebruaryPGH · 10 km
Pithoragarh56,0441March to May, October and NovemberPGH · 95 km

Where to stay

Hotels in Uttarakhand

563 hotels in Uttarakhand 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 Uttarakhand

From the climate of 4 destinations in Uttarakhand 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 month comfortable in the most places: November.

MonthComfortable destinationsTypical highTypical rainfall
January1 of 416 °C59 mm
February3 of 419 °C71 mm
March3 of 424 °C49 mm
April1 of 429 °C42 mm
May1 of 432 °C55 mm
June0 of 431 °C161 mm
July0 of 428 °C338 mm
August0 of 428 °C309 mm
September0 of 427 °C172 mm
October3 of 426 °C41 mm
November4 of 422 °C12 mm
December3 of 418 °C20 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 Uttarakhand

The airports with scheduled flights that the destinations in Uttarakhand 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.

Good to know

Public holidays in Uttarakhand, 2026

Shops and offices may close and transport may run reduced timetables on these dates. Source: python-holidays (MIT).

Nationwide in India

26 Jan · Republic Day4 Mar · Holi21 Mar · Eid al-Fitr26 Mar · Ram Navami31 Mar · Mahavira's Birthday3 Apr · Good Friday14 Apr · Dr. B. R. Ambedkar's Birthday1 May · Buddha Purnima27 May · Eid al-Adha26 Jun · Ashura15 Aug · Independence Day26 Aug · Prophet's Birthday4 Sept · Janmashtami (Vaishnava)2 Oct · Mahatma Gandhi's Birthday20 Oct · Dussehra8 Nov · Diwali (Deepavali)24 Nov · Guru Nanak's Birthday25 Dec · Christmas

Regional holidays observed in Uttarakhand

3 Mar · Holika Dahan19 Mar · Cheti Chand16 Jul · Harela28 Aug · Raksha Bandhan17 Sept · Vishwakarma Puja26 Oct · Maharishi Valmiki's Birthday24 Nov · Guru Tegh Bahadur's Martyrdom Day

Nearby

Regions near Uttarakhand

Other regions of India with a page in this guide, nearest first by the straight-line distance between the median positions of their destinations.

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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.