Mumbai Travel Guide (2026): When to Go, Where to Stay, Getting Around
Disclosure: This article contains affiliate links. If you make a booking through these links, we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. Mumbai, Without the Rookie Mistakes We landed in Mumbai at the tail end of July, mid-monsoon, because the flights were cheap and we hadn’t done our homework. The rain didn’t fall so much as arrive — sideways, warm, in sheets — and the taxi crawled into a flooded South Mumbai while our shoes quietly gave up. A friend who grew up in Bandra just laughed: “Come back in December and you won’t recognise the place.” She was right. The next trip, in cool dry January, Mumbai felt like a completely different, walkable, golden-light city. ...