A Month-by-Month Guide to Seasonal Fruit in India

In-season fruit is harvested at its natural peak, so it tastes better, is usually more affordable, and travels a shorter distance from farm to table. Out-of-season fruit, by contrast, is often imported or pulled from long cold storage to keep it on shelves year-round.

Eating seasonally also means variety. Instead of the same handful of fruits all year, you get a rotating calendar of what each region grows best at each moment — which is exactly what a harvest-led marketplace naturally offers.

Summer is mango season — Alphonso, Kesar and other varieties peak from roughly April into May. It's also the time for watermelon, muskmelon and litchi. These are short, intense seasons, so the best fruit moves quickly.

The monsoon brings jamun, pears, custard apple (sitaphal) toward its end, and a range of bananas that fruit year-round. As the rains recede, pomegranate and guava come into their own.

Winter is citrus and berry season — oranges and sweet limes, plus strawberries from hill regions like Mahabaleshwar peaking from December into February. It's also prime time for guava, custard apple and grapes.

Buy close to harvest, from a known source, and accept that the menu changes. On GoForFresh, the listings are the season — you'll only see harvests that are genuinely happening, so what's available is, by definition, what's at its best right now.