Cheap flights to Mumbai
Cheap flights to Mumbai land at Chhatrapati S Maharaj, the airport that handles the city's international arrivals. Travellers come for work in finance and film, for family, and for a first look at India — the waterfront at Marine Drive, the Gateway of India and the markets of the old town. Arrivals are heaviest from October through the winter, when the weather is dry and the city is busiest.
Flights to Mumbai — where from
Airports — Mumbai
Mumbai's international gateway is Chhatrapati S Maharaj, known in full as Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport. Arrivals come in from Warsaw, Istanbul, Chisinau, Madrid, Budapest, Vienna, Krakow, Amsterdam, Athens and Baku, and the airline mix is broad: Air India and Indigo on the domestic and regional network, Qatar Airways, Etihad Airways, Air Arabia, Flynas, Kuwait Airways and Azerbaijan Airlines on the Gulf and Caucasus runs. Pre-paid taxis and app-based cabs are the usual way into the centre; suburban trains and buses are cheaper but slower with luggage.
When to go
Mumbai's dry season runs from November to February, when days are warm, evenings mild and rain rare — this is the stretch most visitors pick, and fares reflect it. March to May turns hot and humid before the monsoon arrives in June and stays through September, bringing heavy rain, flooded streets and the year's quietest weeks. October is a shoulder month, still wet at the start and pleasant by the end. Flights fill fastest around the autumn festival season, the winter holidays and long weekends, so book early if your dates are fixed.