Travel quotes
Like all great travellers, I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than I have seen. Benjamin Disraeli
In America there are two classes of travel - first class, and with children. Robert Benchley
Travelers never think that they are the foreigners. Mason Cooley
The traveler was active; he went strenuously in search of people, of adventure, of experience. The tourist is passive; he expects interesting things to happen to him. He goes "sight-seeing." Daniel J. Boorstin
There are only two emotions in a plane: boredom and terror. Orson Welles
Asia > India > Bombay
When to go to Bombay ( India ) ?
| Month | Sunlight (h/d) | Average T min (°C) | Average T max (°C) | Record T min (°C) | Record T max (°C) | Precipitations (mm) | Wet days | Rating |
| january | 9 | 20 | 29 | 12 | 33 | 2 | 0 | ![]() |
| february | 10 | 20 | 29 | 12 | 37 | 2 | 0 | ![]() |
| march | 9 | 23 | 31 | 17 | 37 | 2 | 0 | ![]() |
| april | 10 | 25 | 33 | 20 | 39 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
| may | 10 | 28 | 34 | 23 | 35 | 17 | 1 | ![]() |
| june | 5 | 27 | 33 | 21 | 38 | 484 | 14 | ![]() |
| july | 2 | 26 | 30 | 22 | 35 | 616 | 21 | ![]() |
| august | 3 | 25 | 30 | 22 | 33 | 339 | 19 | ![]() |
| september | 5 | 25 | 30 | 22 | 34 | 263 | 13 | ![]() |
| october | 8 | 25 | 33 | 21 | 37 | 63 | 3 | ![]() |
| november | 9 | 24 | 33 | 18 | 35 | 12 | 1 | ![]() |
| december | 9 | 22 | 32 | 13 | 35 | 2 | 0 | ![]() |
How to read the charts
For example: In january, you will get 9 hours of average sunlight in Bombay and the overall temperature will vary between 13 and 35 (Celcius) in this area of India. Usually you shouldn't see more than 0 rainy days wich is representative of this part of Asia.
What to do in Bombay : Tips, places, hotels and restaurants
Bombay is the capital of an Indian state called Maharashtra: it has about 13 million inhabitants. It is the commercial capital of India, and a global financial platform. It also includes the film studios and television schools. Its standard of living is higher than in most other regions of India.
Several sites deserve your attention: the terraced gardens of the Hanging Gardens, the magnificent building of the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, the Prince of Wales Museum, Gateway of India and Indo-moorish style so characteristic of the fountain in the center of Flora the city but also close to the city on Sanjay Gandhi National Park with panthers and hundreds of species of birds, and the Cave of Elephanta, with its sculptures of the 6th century. You can also get lost in the markets and to enjoy the festival of smells and colors, animation and exciting sound of dozens of languages spoken all around you, and you linger a few temples to observe the rituals practiced. Push down to Chowpatty and Juhu beaches, huge and very popular.
Avoid at all events to visit Mumbai between June and September, during hot and humid, where the monsoon may sometimes catastrophic consequences.
For your travel, pending the completion of the Mumbai Metro, taxis and rickshaws are very present and effective.

