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Lumbini in May
Mixed month: May is outside the recommended season (October – March). Against it: Terai Heat. Buddha Jayanti can fall this month.
The season opens in October, 5 months away.
2 days in Lumbini in May · from ₹5,813 for two
Stay, food & local travel; getting there extra
The weather in May
What the season does to Lumbini this month.
Heads up
Terai Heat
April to June the Terai is as hot as the Indian plains across the border, often 38-42 °C. Sightsee at dawn and after 4 p.m., and book a room with air-conditioning.
What’s on in May
Timing a trip around these changes what you pay and what you can book.
Buddha Jayantidates shift yearly
The Buddha's birth, enlightenment and death, on the full moon of Baisakh: Lumbini holds the main ceremonies at the Maya Devi Temple, and Boudhanath and Swayambhunath in Kathmandu are lit with butter lamps and crowded with pilgrims. Lumbini's rooms fill early, and it is already very hot.
What it costs
For two sharing a room; 2 days on the ground, getting there not included.
Budget
₹5,813 for two
- Room a night₹1,130
- Food a day, each₹728
- Main sight entry, each₹130
Mid-range
₹14,138 for two
- Room a night₹3,130
- Food a day, each₹1,680
- Main sight entry, each₹130
Luxury
₹31,774 for two
- Room a night₹7,500
- Food a day, each₹3,920
- Main sight entry, each₹130
Totals cover the room (taxes included), food, local transport, entry and a 10% buffer: the figures the planner opens on. These are typical rates; Tourisma has no month-by-month rates for Nepal yet, so they don't move with the month.
Getting there
Fly into Kathmandu (KTM), 203 km away
Then: Flight · 4h (Kathmandu–Bhairahawa flight (Buddha Air / Yeti Airlines) + taxi to or from Lumbini)
Flights from India: from 10 cities, one way from ₹6,500
Routes compared
Entry rules
No visa needed
- Carry your Indian passport or your original Election Commission voter ID card. Aadhaar is not accepted as a travel document for Nepal, and airlines refuse boarding on it.
- Flying in: show the same ID at check-in in India and at immigration in Kathmandu. No visa, no fee and no form for Indian citizens.
- Crossing by road (Sunauli, Raxaul–Birgunj, Kakarbhitta and the other border points): walk or drive across with the same ID. Bringing an Indian vehicle needs a customs permit (bhansar), paid per day at the border.
- Trekking or visiting a national park: you still need the park or conservation-area permits (Indians pay the lower SAARC rate), shown by region in this plan.
Carry: Valid Indian passport, or original Election Commission voter ID card (not Aadhaar); Children: a passport, or a birth certificate or school identity card when travelling with a parent who has valid ID; Over 65: a passport or voter ID is safest. A Home Ministry communique lets over-65s (and under-15s) use other government photo ID, Aadhaar included, but the Embassy of India in Kathmandu says Aadhaar and PAN cards are not valid for India–Nepal travel, so check with your airline; Two passport photos and photocopies of your ID, for trekking and park permits.
Indians need no visa for Nepal and sources give no fixed limit on the stay. Accepted IDs: passport or voter ID only; Aadhaar is not accepted. Rules for minors and other photo IDs vary by airline, so check with yours, or with the Embassy of India in Kathmandu, before you go.
Checked 2026-10; confirm with the embassy before you fly.
Elsewhere in Nepal in May
Instead in season this month.
- Rara Lake · great month
- Bardia (Thakurdwara) · good month
- Jomsom · good month
- Langtang Valley (Kyanjin Gompa) · good month
- Lukla · good month
- Manang · good month
- Namche Bazaar · good month
Nearby in Terai: Chitwan & Lumbini:
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Lumbini in May, day by day, priced for your group.