Shillong
Shillong, the capital of Meghalaya, India, is a hill station and the headquarters of the East Khasi Hills district. It is the 330th most populous city in India, with a population of 143,229 according to the 2011 census. Wikipedia
Population 143,229 (Wikidata)
Before you go
Emergency numbers in India
- January: 10 h 42 of daylight
- February: 11 h 18 of daylight
- March: 11 h 59 of daylight
- April: 12 h 45 of daylight
- May: 13 h 23 of daylight
- June: 13 h 43 of daylight
- July: 13 h 35 of daylight
- August: 13 h 03 of daylight
- September: 12 h 20 of daylight
- October: 11 h 35 of daylight
- November: 10 h 55 of daylight
- December: 10 h 33 of daylight
Getting there
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Best-documented sights
All of them in the guide- Shillong Attraction · 430 m
- Khyndai Lad Monument · 430 m
- Soldier Statue Point Memorial · 520 m
- State Museum Museum · 750 m
- Butterfly museum Museum · 810 m
- Rhino Museum Attraction · 820 m
- Brookside Bunglow Rabindranath Tagore Museum Museum · 870 m
Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.
Markets
Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.
Somewhere to run
Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 17 October 2026. Description from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.