Watermelon mandi prices near Mumbai

Prices checked yesterday at 11:46 pm

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The latest price at every mandi within reach (each with its date), and where you'd take home the most after the trip.

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Mumbai- Fruit Market, 21 km away

₹1,750 a quintal

Mandi price
₹1,750
Transport for about 27 km by road change
−₹41
You get, a quintal, before commission
₹1,710

Reported on 11 Nov.

It's also where the most watermelon arrives nearby.

1 mandi within 100 km

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    Mumbai- Fruit Market 21 km, usually 3,730 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹1,750
    On 11 Nov
    ▼ −₹150 since 6 Nov
    You get
    ₹1,710
    after ₹41 transport

You get: the latest price minus transport, about ₹1.50 a quintal per km for the first 50 km (tractor or pickup) and ₹0.70 after (truck), before the mandi's commission and charges. A small lot is costed as a hired pickup. Set your own rate above.

Distances are in a straight line from the middle of Mumbai, not from your village. Transport is costed on about 1.3 times that, as roads wind.

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Numbers match the list. Darker pays more; bigger is where more usually arrives.

Is the price rising?

Mumbai- Fruit Market, the biggest watermelon mandi near you, over the last six weeks.

₹ a quintal (100 kg)

₹1,600 ₹1,800 ₹2,000 ₹2,200 ₹2,400
2 Oct 11 Nov
Latest ₹1,750 a quintal on 11 Nov
Down 19% in six weeks

Which months pay more?

At Mumbai- Fruit Market, in a usual year. Most watermelon reaches the mandi in April. The price is usually lowest in June and highest in December.

0 5,000 t 10,000 t 15,000 t
₹2,000
June July August September October November December January February March April May
Tonnes arriving in the month (bars, left scale; darker: the most) Usual price, ₹ a quintal (line, its scale in the same colour) Each month averages 2 to 4 years of prices (the years the mandi reported, within 2021 to 2026).
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Source: Agmarknet daily prices (data.gov.in); Agmarknet daily prices and arrivals (India Data Portal).