Your plan for Gorakhpur

Water

Rain is enough in a normal year. Keep one irrigation ready for a dry year.

Needs about 600 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 630 mm it can use in a normal year, and 410 mm in a dry year.

Temperature

Grows best at 21–30 °C on average, and survives 10–36 °C.

Here, in its growing months (day / night):

• Jun 37 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)
• Jul 33 °C / 26 °C
• Aug 33 °C / 26 °C
• Sep 33 °C / 25 °C
• Oct 33 °C / 21 °C
• Nov 29 °C / 14 °C
• Dec 24 °C / 10 °C (outside its best range)
• Jan 21 °C / 8 °C (outside its best range)
• Feb 26 °C / 12 °C (outside its best range)
• Mar 32 °C / 16 °C
• Apr 38 °C / 21 °C
• May 39 °C / 25 °C (outside its best range)
• Jun 37 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)

Months in orange are outside its best range.

Soil

Soil for Pineapple: 8 out of 10 (good).

• The pH here suits it.
• Many fields here are short of zinc, which it needs a lot.
• Most fields here are short of nitrogen.
• Most fields here are short of organic carbon.

Likes pH 4.5–6.5.

Money

Yield: about 66 quintals an acre, the typical figure across India (no figures for your state).

A new planting gives its first real harvest after about 2 years. The money here is for plants already bearing.

Mandi price at last season's harvest (July–September 2026): about ₹4,500 a quintal across India's mandis.

Prices are usually best in October.

Typical costs are about ₹1.4 lakh an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2023–2025), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.

Water

Rain is enough in a normal year. Keep one irrigation ready for a dry year.

Needs about 600 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 630 mm it can use in a normal year, and 410 mm in a dry year.

Temperature

Grows best at 18–28 °C on average, and survives 12–34 °C.

Here, in its growing months (day / night):

• Jun 37 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)
• Jul 33 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)
• Aug 33 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)
• Sep 33 °C / 25 °C (outside its best range)
• Oct 33 °C / 21 °C
• Nov 29 °C / 14 °C
• Dec 24 °C / 10 °C (outside its best range)
• Jan 21 °C / 8 °C (outside its best range)
• Feb 26 °C / 12 °C
• Mar 32 °C / 16 °C
• Apr 38 °C / 21 °C (outside its best range)
• May 39 °C / 25 °C (outside its best range)
• Jun 37 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)

Months in orange are outside its best range.

Soil

Soil for Dragon Fruit: 8 out of 10 (good).

• The pH here suits it.
• Many fields here are short of zinc, which it needs a lot.
• Most fields here are short of nitrogen.
• Most fields here are short of organic carbon.

Likes pH 5.3–6.7.

Money

Yield: about 16 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (its government crop records list none for your district).

A new planting gives its first real harvest after about 2 years. The money here is for plants already bearing.

No mandi or support price for this crop yet.

Water

Rain falls about 22 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.

Needs about 1,520 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 430 mm it can use in a normal year, and 340 mm in a dry year.

Temperature

Grows best at 23–33 °C on average, and survives 12–42 °C.

Here, in its growing months (day / night):

• Jun 37 °C / 26 °C
• Jul 33 °C / 26 °C
• Aug 33 °C / 26 °C
• Sep 33 °C / 25 °C
• Oct 33 °C / 21 °C
• Nov 29 °C / 14 °C (outside its best range)
• Dec 24 °C / 10 °C (outside its best range)
• Jan 21 °C / 8 °C (outside its best range)
• Feb 26 °C / 12 °C (outside its best range)
• Mar 32 °C / 16 °C
• Apr 38 °C / 21 °C
• May 39 °C / 25 °C
• Jun 37 °C / 26 °C

Months in orange are outside its best range.

Soil

Soil for Banana: 8 out of 10 (good).

• The pH here suits it.
• Many fields here are short of zinc, which it needs a lot.
• Most fields here are short of nitrogen.
• Most fields here are short of organic carbon.

Likes pH 5.5–7.5.

Money

Yield: about 185 quintals an acre here (district figures).

Rain gives it too little of the water it needs, so there's no income figure on rain alone: grow it only with irrigation.

Mandi price through the year (December 2025–February 2026, April–November 2026): about ₹2,100 a quintal across mandis in your state.

This week: about ₹2,000 a quintal, the middle of 3 mandis in your state (latest 13 Nov).

Prices are usually best in June.

Typical costs are about ₹2.1 lakh an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2023–2025), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.

Water

Rain falls about 24 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.

Needs about 1,560 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 400 mm it can use in a normal year, and 310 mm in a dry year.

Temperature

Grows best at 24–37 °C on average, and survives 15–41 °C.

Here, in its growing months (day / night):

• Jun 37 °C / 26 °C
• Jul 33 °C / 26 °C
• Aug 33 °C / 26 °C
• Sep 33 °C / 25 °C
• Oct 33 °C / 21 °C
• Nov 29 °C / 14 °C (outside its best range)
• Dec 24 °C / 10 °C (outside its best range)
• Jan 21 °C / 8 °C (outside its best range)
• Feb 26 °C / 12 °C (outside its best range)
• Mar 32 °C / 16 °C
• Apr 38 °C / 21 °C
• May 39 °C / 25 °C
• Jun 37 °C / 26 °C

Months in orange are outside its best range.

Soil

Soil for Sugarcane: 7 out of 10 (okay).

• The pH here suits it.
• Many fields here are short of nitrogen, which it needs a lot.
• Most fields here are short of organic carbon.

Likes pH 5.0–8.0.

Money

Yield: about 253 quintals an acre here (district figures).

Rain gives it too little of the water it needs, so there's no income figure on rain alone: grow it only with irrigation.

Priced at the cane price Uttar Pradesh fixed for its mills for 2025-26: ₹390 a quintal, ₹400 for early varieties.

Prices are usually best in May.

Typical costs are about ₹61,000 an acre (seed, fertiliser, labour and hired machines, from the government's cost survey). They are spent whatever the harvest.

Water

Rain falls about 7 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.

Needs about 970 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 630 mm it can use in a normal year, and 410 mm in a dry year.

Temperature

Grows best at 20–29 °C on average, and survives 10–35 °C.

Here, in its growing months (day / night):

• Jun 37 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)
• Jul 33 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)
• Aug 33 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)
• Sep 33 °C / 25 °C
• Oct 33 °C / 21 °C
• Nov 29 °C / 14 °C
• Dec 24 °C / 10 °C (outside its best range)
• Jan 21 °C / 8 °C (outside its best range)
• Feb 26 °C / 12 °C (outside its best range)
• Mar 32 °C / 16 °C
• Apr 38 °C / 21 °C (outside its best range)
• May 39 °C / 25 °C (outside its best range)
• Jun 37 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)

Months in orange are outside its best range.

Soil

Soil for Tapioca (Cassava): 8 out of 10 (good).

• The pH here suits it.
• Many fields here are short of nitrogen, which it needs a lot.
• Most fields here are short of organic carbon.

Likes pH 5.5–8.0.

Money

Yield: about 149 quintals an acre, the typical figure across India (no figures for your state).

Rain gives it too little of the water it needs, so there's no income figure on rain alone: grow it only with irrigation.

Mandi price through the year (December 2025–November 2026): about ₹3,000 a quintal across India's mandis.

This week: about ₹3,500 a quintal, the middle of 70 mandis across India (latest 13 Nov).

Prices swing a lot from year to year, so income can be well above or below this range.

Prices are usually best in September.

Typical costs are about ₹2.4 lakh an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2023–2025), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.