South India itinerary — November 2026
For the South India trip (Bangalore & Chennai), November 2026 is a comfortable month by weather. Across Bangalore and Chennai, daytime highs run from about 27°C / 81°F to 31°C / 88°F. Plan around 5–7 days for the full Bangalore & Chennai loop.
In this order — about 5–7 days:
- Bangalore3 nights
- Chennai2 nights
- Route noteReserve the longest intercity leg first and keep transfer days free of timed sights.
By TripSapien · Updated November 3, 2026
Bangalore
Bangalore in November
TempTemperature
81°F / 64°F
27.2°C / 18°C
RainPrecipitation
4d
2in · 50mm
LightDaylight
11.4h
November dries out, a strong month for Nandi Hills, palace visits, and food-street evenings.
City overview
Bangalore, officially Bengaluru since 2014, is India’s highland tech capital, where colonial parks, Wodeyar palaces, startup districts, craft breweries, and old South Indian food streets sit at about 900 metres above sea level. MG Road and Cubbon Park make the central spine, Indiranagar and Koramangala carry the restaurant-and-startup night, and Basavanagudi and Malleshwaram preserve older Kannada neighborhood rhythms.
Food & drink
Bangalore food starts with masala dosa, idli, vada, filter coffee, bisi bele bath, ragi mudde, donne biryani, and late craft-beer snacks. MTR near Lalbagh, CTR in Malleshwaram, Vidyarthi Bhavan in Basavanagudi, and VV Puram Food Street give the city’s strongest local route.
Events & festivals
- Dates unconfirmed
Kadlekai Parishe (Peanut fair)
Every year, sometime during the months of Nov-Dec, the area around Bull Temple Road hosts a peanut fair.
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Holidays & observances
- Nov 8DiwaliPublic holiday
- Nov 24Guru Nanak's BirthdayPublic holiday
Top sights
Ranked for November suitability using weather, setting, ratings, and review volume.
- 1Vidhana Soudha
- 2Lalbagh Botanical Garden
- 3Cubbon Park
- 4ISKCON Temple Bangalore
- 5Dodda Basavana Gudi (Bull Temple)
- 6Visvesvaraya Industrial and Technological Museum
- 7National Gallery of Modern Art Bengaluru
- 8Commercial Street and Brigade Road
- 9Bangalore Palace
- 10Tipu Sultan’s Summer Palace
1Vidhana Soudha
4.6★ · 7,027outdoorClosed Sat/SunKengal Hanumanthaiah drove the construction of this monumental neo-Dravidian legislature, completed in 1956. The granite building faces Cubbon Park and is best viewed from outside along Dr. Ambedkar Veedhi.
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2Lalbagh Botanical Garden
4.4★ · 178,855outdoorOpen dailyHyder Ali began Lalbagh in the 18th century and Tipu Sultan expanded it with imported plants, while the glasshouse dates to 1889. The garden covers lakes, rock outcrops, flower shows, and old trees south of the city center.
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3Cubbon Park
4.4★ · 143,281outdoorClosed MonEstablished in 1870 and later named for British administrator Mark Cubbon, the park forms Bangalore’s central green core. The State Central Library, High Court, museums, and Vidhana Soudha sit around its edges.
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4ISKCON Temple Bangalore
The Rajajinagar hilltop complex opened in 1997 with large prayer halls, a gold-plated dhwaja-stambha, and city views. It is near Mahalakshmi metro station and Orion Mall.
Wikipedia5Dodda Basavana Gudi (Bull Temple)
Kempegowda-era patronage shaped this 16th-century temple around a massive granite Nandi bull in Basavanagudi. The temple is close to Bugle Rock Park and Gandhi Bazaar.
6Visvesvaraya Industrial and Technological Museum
The science museum opened in 1962 in Cubbon Park and honors engineer M. Visvesvaraya. Children’s exhibits, engines, electronics, and the dinosaur display sit near the Government Museum and Chinnaswamy Stadium.
Wikipedia7National Gallery of Modern Art Bengaluru
The gallery opened in 2009 inside the restored Manikyavelu Mansion, a heritage house on Palace Road. Its collection covers modern Indian artists and rotating exhibitions near the Bangalore Golf Club.
8Commercial Street and Brigade Road
These central shopping streets grew from the Cantonment and MG Road commercial zones and remain the easiest place for clothes, shoes, books, cafes, and evening crowds. They sit within walking distance of Cubbon Park metro and MG Road station.
9Bangalore Palace
The Wodeyar family completed this Tudor-style palace in 1878 after buying land from Rev. J. Garrett. The grounds stand north of Vasanth Nagar, a short taxi ride from Cubbon Park and the Cantonment area.
Wikipedia10Tipu Sultan’s Summer Palace
Tipu Sultan completed the teak-and-ornament palace in 1791 inside the old Bangalore Fort area. The carved balconies and museum rooms sit near Krishna Rajendra Market and the fort remains.
Neighborhoods
1MG Road, Brigade Road, and Residency Road
The central Cantonment belt mixes metro stations, pubs, bookstores, shopping, churches, hotels, and quick access to Cubbon Park.
2Indiranagar
Indiranagar is polished nightlife Bangalore, with 100 Feet Road restaurants, breweries, boutiques, startup offices, and metro access.
3Koramangala
Koramangala is the startup-and-student district, with cafes, bars, co-working blocks, forum-side shopping, and heavy traffic around the inner ring roads.
4Whitefield
Whitefield is the eastern tech corridor, anchored by IT parks, malls, hotels, apartment towers, and longer commute times from the old center.
5Basavanagudi and Jayanagar
Basavanagudi and Jayanagar feel older and more local, with Gandhi Bazaar, Bull Temple, parks, darshini restaurants, and planned residential blocks.
6Malleshwaram
Malleshwaram is traditional northwest Bangalore, with temples, flower sellers, dosa institutions, Sampige Road shops, and leafy side streets.
Getting around
Namma Metro is the fastest way across the core, with Purple Line for MG Road, Cubbon Park, Majestic, Indiranagar, and Whitefield, and Green Line for Lalbagh, Jayanagar, and Malleshwaram. BMTC buses, Vayu Vajra airport buses, autos, and rideshares fill gaps, but traffic can turn short cross-town trips into long waits.
Chennai
Chennai in November
TempTemperature
87°F / 73°F
30.6°C / 23°C
RainPrecipitation
16d
12.2in · 310mm
LightDaylight
11.4h
Sea
83.1°F
28.4°C
November is the wettest month, with flooding risk and slower road trips to Mahabalipuram.
City overview
Chennai is the Bay of Bengal capital where colonial Fort St George, Mylapore temple streets, Carnatic music halls, and IT corridors stretch along a hot, humid coast. The visitor map centers on George Town, Mylapore, Egmore, T Nagar, Besant Nagar, and the ECR/OMR edge south of the Adyar River.
Food & drink
Chennai food is built on idli, dosa, sambar, pongal, vada, filter coffee, Chettinad chicken, biryani, sundal, and seafood from the coast. Mylapore, T Nagar, Sowcarpet, Marina Beach stalls, and Buhari-style biryani houses are practical food anchors. Prices stay moderate outside luxury hotels, and December music-season canteen meals are a real cultural draw.
Holidays & observances
- Nov 8DiwaliPublic holiday
- Nov 24Guru Nanak's BirthdayPublic holiday
Top sights
Ranked for November suitability using weather, setting, ratings, and review volume.
- 1Kapaleeshwarar Temple
- 2San Thome Basilica
- 3Parthasarathy Temple
- 4Kalakshetra Foundation
- 5DakshinaChitra
- 6Government Museum, Egmore
- 7T Nagar shopping district
- 8Fort St George
- 9Marina Beach
- 10Guindy National Park
1Kapaleeshwarar Temple
4.8★ · 13,133indoorOpen dailyMylapore Shiva temple with a tall gopuram, tank, flower stalls, and festival streets. The present structure is usually dated to the 16th century after earlier coastal temples were lost.
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2San Thome Basilica
4.7★ · 17,561indoorOpen dailyWhite neo-Gothic basilica over the traditional tomb of St Thomas the Apostle, rebuilt by the Portuguese and later by the British. It sits near the southern end of Marina Beach.
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3Parthasarathy Temple
4.7★ · 29,030indoorOpen dailyTriplicane Vishnu temple with Pallava origins, gopurams, and busy streets between Marina Beach and Chepauk. Visit outside peak midday heat.
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4Kalakshetra Foundation
Arts campus in Thiruvanmiyur founded by Rukmini Devi Arundale in 1936, tied to Bharatanatyam, Carnatic music, and textile crafts. Performance calendars matter more than casual walk-ins.
Wikipedia5DakshinaChitra
Living museum on the East Coast Road with reconstructed houses and crafts from Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh. It is south of the city near Muttukadu.
Wikipedia6Government Museum, Egmore
Museum complex founded in 1851, with Chola bronzes, archaeology, natural history, and the National Art Gallery campus. It is one of India's oldest museums.
7T Nagar shopping district
Dense retail district around Pondy Bazaar and Ranganathan Street, known for silk saris, gold jewelry, and festival shopping crowds. Go by metro or taxi rather than driving.
8Fort St George
English East India Company fort founded in 1644, now holding Tamil Nadu government buildings, St Mary's Church, and a fort museum. It explains the city's colonial start as Madras.
Wikipedia9Marina Beach
Long urban beach running along the Bay of Bengal from Fort St George toward Mylapore. It is for walking, snacks, and people-watching rather than safe swimming.
Wikipedia10Guindy National Park
Small protected forest inside the city, with blackbuck, deer, and the adjacent Children's Park and snake park. It is close to IIT Madras and Raj Bhavan.
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Neighborhoods
1Mylapore
Temple-and-culture district with Kapaleeshwarar Temple, Luz, San Thome, music sabhas, and old vegetarian restaurants. December music season makes it especially busy.
2George Town and Parry's Corner
Old trading district north of Fort St George, with wholesale lanes, Armenian Church, High Court buildings, and dense market traffic.
3Egmore and Nungambakkam
Museum, rail, college, restaurant, and hotel belt with Government Museum, consulates, cafes, and central access.
4T Nagar
Shopping district of sari stores, jewelry houses, Pondy Bazaar, and Ranganathan Street crowds. It is practical but intense before festivals.
5Adyar, Besant Nagar, and Thiruvanmiyur
South Chennai coast with Elliot's Beach, Theosophical Society, Kalakshetra, cafes, and quieter residential lanes.
6OMR and ECR
Southern technology and beach-road corridor, with IT parks on Old Mahabalipuram Road and day-trip resorts along East Coast Road.
Getting around
Chennai Metro Blue and Green lines connect airport, Central, Egmore, T Nagar approaches, and parts of the south, while suburban rail is useful for beach and outer-corridor trips. Use a CMRL travel card or QR ticket, then rely on autos, taxis, and MTC buses for temple-neighborhood last miles.
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Weather by month for the South India trip
In November, climate averages for Bangalore and Chennai show daytime highs from 27°C / 81°F to 31°C / 88°F, with nights down to about 18°C / 64°F in the coolest of those cities. The rainiest of those cities averages about 16 rainy days. Based on climate averages for Bangalore and Chennai, November is a comfortable month by weather.
The most comfortable months for this route are January, December and February, based on average daytime temperatures and rainfall in Bangalore and Chennai. November 2026 is a comfortable month.
Common questions about the South India trip
- When is the best time to do the South India trip?
- The most comfortable months across Bangalore and Chennai are January, December and February, based on average daytime temperatures and rainfall for those cities. November is a comfortable month by weather — see the city climate sections below for the averages in November 2026.
- How many days do you need for the South India trip?
- A comfortable South India trip runs about 5–7 days, allowing roughly Bangalore 3, Chennai 2 nights plus travel between stops. Add a day if you want a slower pace or extra day trips.
- What's the route for the South India trip?
- The classic order is Bangalore & Chennai. The detailed month sections below cover Bangalore and Chennai.
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Turn this route into a day-by-day plan for November 2026, every stop checked for closures and booking needs on your exact dates.