Great monthCherrapunji (Sohra)
Meghalaya
₹19,922/person · 5 days
- Travel
- ₹2,736
- Stay
- ₹5,460
- Food
- ₹5,700
- Local & entry
- ₹4,550
- Buffer
- ₹1,476
December: 17°C days.
Trips by budget›From Kolkata
Trips Under ₹20,000 from Kolkata
49 places fit ₹20,000 a head from Kolkata, for 5 days in December, mid-range stays, two people sharing. The cheapest: Unakoti at ₹10,024 (3 days), Neermahal at ₹10,796 (3 days) and Jamshedpur at ₹10,884 (3 days). Each is the whole trip, travel there and back included, as the planner prices it.
₹20,000
₹5,000₹5,00,000
49 trips fit ₹20,000
Per person, from Kolkata and back, in India, in Dec: 5 days, mid-range stays, 2 travellers.
Great month
Great monthShantiniketan
West Bengal
₹19,629/person · 5 days
- Travel
- ₹300
- Stay
- ₹6,825
- Food
- ₹5,250
- Local & entry
- ₹5,805
- Buffer
- ₹1,449
December: comfortable 25°C days — and inside the recommended window.
Great monthNetarhat
Jharkhand
₹19,624/person · 5 days
- Travel
- ₹1,926
- Stay
- ₹5,460
- Food
- ₹4,200
- Local & entry
- ₹6,788
- Buffer
- ₹1,250
December: comfortable 20°C days — and inside the recommended window.
Great monthMawlynnong & Dawki
Meghalaya
₹19,614/person · 5 days
- Travel
- ₹2,816
- Stay
- ₹5,460
- Food
- ₹5,250
- Local & entry
- ₹4,694
- Buffer
- ₹1,394
December: comfortable 24°C days — and inside the recommended window.
Great monthJaintia Hills (Jowai)
Meghalaya
₹19,455/person · 5 days
- Travel
- ₹2,342
- Stay
- ₹5,187
- Food
- ₹5,250
- Local & entry
- ₹5,298
- Buffer
- ₹1,378
December: 17°C days — and inside the recommended window.
Great monthLoktak Lake
Manipur
₹19,295/person · 5 days
- Travel
- ₹6,475
- Stay
- ₹4,368
- Food
- ₹4,500
- Local & entry
- ₹2,530
- Buffer
- ₹1,422
December: comfortable 21°C days — and inside the recommended window.
Great monthKonark Sun Temple
Odisha
₹19,155/person · 5 days
- Travel
- ₹1,714
- Stay
- ₹6,825
- Food
- ₹5,250
- Local & entry
- ₹3,950
- Buffer
- ₹1,416
December: comfortable 27°C days — and inside the recommended window.
Great monthBodh Gaya
Bihar
₹18,967/person · 5 days
- Travel
- ₹1,640
- Stay
- ₹5,460
- Food
- ₹5,250
- Local & entry
- ₹5,265
- Buffer
- ₹1,352
December: comfortable 24°C days — and inside the recommended window.
Great monthSirpur
Chhattisgarh
₹18,965/person · 5 days
- Travel
- ₹2,536
- Stay
- ₹3,822
- Food
- ₹4,200
- Local & entry
- ₹7,203
- Buffer
- ₹1,204
December: comfortable 26°C days — and inside the recommended window.
Great monthBarnawapara Wildlife Sanctuary
Chhattisgarh
₹18,862/person · 5 days
- Travel
- ₹2,480
- Stay
- ₹4,641
- Food
- ₹4,500
- Local & entry
- ₹6,045
- Buffer
- ₹1,196
December: comfortable 26°C days — and inside the recommended window.
Great monthNamchi
Sikkim
₹18,830/person · 5 days
- Travel
- ₹2,368
- Stay
- ₹5,187
- Food
- ₹5,250
- Local & entry
- ₹4,678
- Buffer
- ₹1,347
December: comfortable 19°C days — and inside the recommended window.
Great monthPatna
Bihar
₹18,293/person · 5 days
- Travel
- ₹1,660
- Stay
- ₹5,187
- Food
- ₹5,250
- Local & entry
- ₹4,874
- Buffer
- ₹1,322
December: comfortable 23°C days — and inside the recommended window.
Great monthBetla National Park
Jharkhand
₹18,161/person · 5 days
- Travel
- ₹1,840
- Stay
- ₹4,641
- Food
- ₹4,500
- Local & entry
- ₹6,038
- Buffer
- ₹1,142
December: comfortable 24°C days — and inside the recommended window.
Great monthRaipur
Chhattisgarh
₹17,927/person · 5 days
- Travel
- ₹2,440
- Stay
- ₹5,187
- Food
- ₹4,800
- Local & entry
- ₹4,173
- Buffer
- ₹1,327
December: comfortable 27°C days — and inside the recommended window.
Great monthRajgir
Bihar
₹17,666/person · 5 days
- Travel
- ₹1,620
- Stay
- ₹4,914
- Food
- ₹4,500
- Local & entry
- ₹5,425
- Buffer
- ₹1,207
December: comfortable 24°C days — and inside the recommended window.
Great monthGaya
Bihar
₹17,392/person · 5 days
- Travel
- ₹1,660
- Stay
- ₹6,006
- Food
- ₹4,500
- Local & entry
- ₹3,940
- Buffer
- ₹1,286
December: comfortable 24°C days — and inside the recommended window.
Great monthDeoghar
Jharkhand
₹16,966/person · 5 days
- Travel
- ₹1,290
- Stay
- ₹4,368
- Food
- ₹4,200
- Local & entry
- ₹5,940
- Buffer
- ₹1,168
December: comfortable 24°C days — and inside the recommended window.
Great monthParasnath (Shikharji)
Jharkhand
₹16,690/person · 5 days
- Travel
- ₹1,290
- Stay
- ₹4,368
- Food
- ₹4,500
- Local & entry
- ₹5,340
- Buffer
- ₹1,192
December: comfortable 19°C days — and inside the recommended window.
Great monthNalanda
Bihar
₹16,121/person · 5 days
- Travel
- ₹1,630
- Stay
- ₹4,095
- Food
- ₹4,200
- Local & entry
- ₹5,055
- Buffer
- ₹1,141
December: comfortable 24°C days — and inside the recommended window.
Great monthMurshidabad
West Bengal
₹15,438/person · 5 days
- Travel
- ₹1,020
- Stay
- ₹4,368
- Food
- ₹4,500
- Local & entry
- ₹4,440
- Buffer
- ₹1,110
December: comfortable 25°C days — and inside the recommended window.
Great monthPawapuri
Bihar
₹15,320/person · 5 days
- Travel
- ₹1,754
- Stay
- ₹4,368
- Food
- ₹3,000
- Local & entry
- ₹5,143
- Buffer
- ₹1,055
December: comfortable 24°C days — and inside the recommended window.
Great monthBishnupur
West Bengal
₹13,941/person · 5 days
- Travel
- ₹300
- Stay
- ₹4,095
- Food
- ₹4,500
- Local & entry
- ₹4,015
- Buffer
- ₹1,031
December: comfortable 25°C days — and inside the recommended window.
Great monthMedak
Telangana
₹19,910/person · 3 days
- Travel
- ₹11,740
- Stay
- ₹1,911
- Food
- ₹2,520
- Local & entry
- ₹2,265
- Buffer
- ₹1,474
Fills 3 of 5 days
December: comfortable 28°C days — and inside the recommended window.
Great monthJabalpur
Madhya Pradesh
₹19,348/person · 4 days
- Travel
- ₹6,385
- Stay
- ₹4,710
- Food
- ₹4,200
- Local & entry
- ₹2,650
- Buffer
- ₹1,404
Fills 4 of 5 days
December: comfortable 25°C days — and inside the recommended window.
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Great monthKalimpong
West Bengal
₹20,125/person · 5 days
- Travel
- ₹2,134
- Stay
- ₹6,510
- Food
- ₹6,000
- Local & entry
- ₹3,990
- Buffer
- ₹1,491
December: comfortable 18°C days — and outside the recommended window.
Great monthBhoramdeo Temple
Chhattisgarh
₹20,218/person · 4 days
- Travel
- ₹6,382
- Stay
- ₹3,072
- Food
- ₹3,360
- Local & entry
- ₹6,112
- Buffer
- ₹1,293
Fills 4 of 5 days
December: comfortable 24°C days — and inside the recommended window.
Great monthDawki
Meghalaya
₹20,363/person · 5 days
- Travel
- ₹2,838
- Stay
- ₹6,552
- Food
- ₹5,250
- Local & entry
- ₹4,274
- Buffer
- ₹1,449
December: comfortable 23°C days — and inside the recommended window.
Great monthPrayagraj (Allahabad)
Uttar Pradesh
₹20,371/person · 5 days
- Travel
- ₹2,200
- Stay
- ₹7,371
- Food
- ₹5,250
- Local & entry
- ₹4,100
- Buffer
- ₹1,450
December: comfortable 23°C days — and inside the recommended window.
Great monthBhubaneswar
Odisha
₹20,391/person · 5 days
- Travel
- ₹1,440
- Stay
- ₹7,644
- Food
- ₹6,000
- Local & entry
- ₹3,800
- Buffer
- ₹1,507
December: comfortable 27°C days — and inside the recommended window.
Great monthChilika Lake
Odisha
₹20,431/person · 5 days
- Travel
- ₹1,730
- Stay
- ₹6,825
- Food
- ₹6,000
- Local & entry
- ₹4,370
- Buffer
- ₹1,506
December: comfortable 26°C days — and inside the recommended window.
Sorted by how good the month is first, then trips that fill your days, then the ones closest to your budget. In India each card is one place, and the planner keeps a one-place trip to that place’s own length plus two days, so a long trip can show fewer days: add places in the planner to stretch it. 12 places are shut in Dec and left out. Each country abroad is priced as a trip round its main city and best-known places for the length; the planner lets you change it.
How these prices are worked out
Each one is the planner’s own per-person estimate for that exact trip, the figure “Plan this trip” opens on: the travel from where it starts and back (and between places), stays with the hotel tax, food at the tier you picked, getting around, entry fees, and a 8% buffer for the small things. From a city in India, trips abroad include the flights there and back. From the airport you land at, a trip starts and ends at that airport, and the flights to it are not included. The visa fee is not in the planner’s total: where we have the country’s rules for your passport, it is shown beside it and counted against your budget. In India the entry fees are the ones your passport pays: many sights charge foreign visitors more, and where no foreign rate is on record a card says its price is the Indian one.
The month’s verdict comes from the same season data as the guides: observed climate and each place’s best-time window in India, and each country’s own season notes and alerts abroad. The planner keeps your travel-mode and pace settings from your last plan; these prices use its defaults.