Muskmelon
A summer crop. Sow in Feb–Apr, harvest in May–Jul.
Sowing Growing Harvest
When to sow and harvest
Sowing Growing Harvest
Will it grow on your land?
Pick your place and water to see:
- Whether Muskmelon suits your land Good fit, possible or won't work, with the reasons.
- What it could earn an acre From yields near you and mandi prices.
- Water and fertiliser it needs Irrigations for your water, and bags for one acre.
What it needs
Temperature
Survives 9–35 °C. Frost hurts it.
Water
The check above works out its water need on your land.
Soil pH
Likes neutral soil. Grows from pH 5 to 8.7.
Soil
- No salty soil
- Ordinary farm soil is fine
- K Needs plenty of potassium, zinc and boron
Source: FAO ECOCROP crop requirements (via OpenCLIM/ecocrop); FAO-56 crop coefficients (Allen et al. 1998); IMD gridded daily rainfall (0.25°); IMD gridded daily max/min temperature (1°); TerraClimate 1991–2020 temperature normals (about 4 km), where each district's villages are.
Fertiliser for one acre
Watch out for
What an acre earns
At India's average yield and this year's price at harvest. Your land, water and mandi will differ.
Left an acre, a season
₹71,200
- Yield India's average
- 87.9 quintals an acre
- × Price mandi price at the 2026 harvest (May, Jun, Jul)
- ₹1,800 a quintal
- = Income
- ₹1,58,200
- − Costs about half of income, as in farm cost surveys
- −₹87,000
- = Left
- ₹71,200
A good year or field earns about a fifth more, a poor one a fifth less: ₹1,26,600 to ₹1,89,900 income an acre. Costs stay the same either way.
Work it out for your landMandi price, month by month
Rupees a quintal, typical across India's mandis. Average of 2025–2026.
Source: Agmarknet daily prices and arrivals (India Data Portal).
Where it grows in India
- Area grown in India
- 2.0 lakh acres
- 2025-26
- Average yield
- 88 quintals an acre (21.7 tonnes a hectare)
- 2025-26
- Most area
- Uttar Pradesh
- 32% of India's
States that grow it
Each state's share of India's production, in its latest year with figures (2025-26). Tap a state to open it.
Source: Horticulture area & production statistics (Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare).
Where it grows most
The districts with the most area in recent years. The map colours every district growing it on at least 100 ha by yield; the numbers mark these districts.
No recent district figures for this crop.