This is a good month if you like the city and will take Gulmarg as a bonus. It is a bad month if the entire trip is “peak ski” or “peak flower”. Read apple season for the blossom, and keep the winter plan in your pocket for the meadow.
Usually open
- Srinagar in full
- Gardens, though flowers are only starting
- Gulmarg, with a mixed surface
Usually shut or a bad bet
- Gurez
- Reliable Sonamarg
- Saffron, which is months away
Weather
Milder noons in Srinagar, cold mornings, rain that feels like it cannot decide. Gulmarg remains a winter place on many days.
What to wear
Layers, a waterproof, and boots that forgive slush. The blossom photograph does not mean a T-shirt.
Where to base yourself
Srinagar, with a Gulmarg day or night if the snow report is honest.