Which mangoes are grown in Sindh?

Sindhri above all, plus Sonaro, Saroli, Gulab Khas, Dusehri, Langra, Anwar Ratol, Begum Pasand, Malda, Fajri, Neelum, Almas, Zafran, Chaunsa and Toota Pari, alongside hundreds of ungrafted desi seedling trees grown for achar. The table above gives each one's season window and character.

Which is the first mango of the season in Pakistan?

Sindhri, from the Sindh belt around Mirpurkhas and Tando Allahyar, from roughly the last week of May — about a fortnight before Punjab's varieties arrive.

When is mango season in Pakistan?

Late May to early September. No single variety covers it: Sindhri and the early Sindh varieties run late May to early July, Langra, Dusehri and Anwar Ratol through June and July, Fajri, Neelum and Almas in July and August, and Chaunsa closes it into September.

Which is the best Pakistani mango?

Chaunsa is the sweetest and the most exported; Sindhri has more acidity behind the sweetness and holds up better in cooking; Anwar Ratol has the most aroma per gram; Gulab Khas is the one to buy for its scent. There is no settled answer and anyone who gives you one is describing their own preference.

What does a kilo of mangoes cost in Pakistan?

It depends entirely on the variety and how far into its own window you are buying. The table above gives in-season retail ranges variety by variety, with the date they were last reviewed. The same fruit out of season is a cold-storage mango at a different price.

Why should you not refrigerate an unripe mango?

Below about 10°C the ripening enzymes stop permanently. The fruit still softens but never develops flavour — which is exactly what has happened to a mango that goes from hard to mushy and tastes of nothing.

What is Toota Pari mango used for?

Pulp, juice and pickle. It is firm and tart rather than sweet, and it is grown as a processing crop — most mango juice sold in Pakistan starts here.

Do you sell mangoes online?

Yes — Sindhri from our own trees, for about six weeks from the last week of May, and nothing outside that window. Out of season the listing shows as unavailable rather than quietly selling you cold-storage fruit.

Types of Mangoes in Pakistan

9 min read

Rates updated: 13 August 2026

By Mehran Yusuf

The short answer

Pakistan's mango season runs from late May to early September and Sindh opens it. Sindhri comes off the trees in the Mirpurkhas and Tando Allahyar belt from the last week of May, a fortnight before the rest of the country has fruit, and behind it Sindh grows a dozen more: Sonaro, Saroli, Gulab Khas, Langra, Dusehri, Anwar Ratol, Begum Pasand, Malda, Fajri, Neelum, Almas, Zafran, Chaunsa, Toota Pari and the ungrafted desi trees that go into every household's achar. No variety spans the whole season, so buying well is mostly a matter of buying each one in its own three or four weeks. We grow Sindhri here, so that is the one we can speak about from the orchard rather than the market.

Every mango variety grown in Sindh

Sindh's mango belt runs through Mirpurkhas, Tando Allahyar, Hyderabad, Matiari, Tando Muhammad Khan and Sanghar, and it is the earliest commercial mango region in the country. What follows is the full working list — the varieties actually planted and sold here, in the order they come off the tree. Windows shift a week or two each year with the weather, and a hot April pulls the whole season forward.

Beyond these there are hundreds of ungrafted seedling trees with local names that never leave the village they grow in. That is not a gap in the list; it is how mango cultivation works in Sindh, and those trees are where most achar comes from.

Mango varieties grown in Sindh, in season order. Windows are typical rather than fixed.
Variety	Season in Sindh	Character	Notes
Sindhri	Late May – early July	Large, oval, thin-skinned, fibreless, sweet with real acidity behind it	Sindh's flagship and the fruit that opens Pakistan's season. Ours.
Sonaro	Late May – June	Golden, sweet, moderate size	Early Sindh variety, sold alongside the first Sindhri
Saroli	June	Medium, sweet, soft flesh	Mirpurkhas belt; early to mid-season
Gulab Khas	June	Rose-scented, soft, deep yellow flesh	Sold locally far more than it is exported
Dusehri	June – early July	Elongated, reliably sweet, low fibre	The variety most often sold unripe, which is why it disappoints
Langra	Late June – July	Stays green-skinned when ripe; turpentine note behind the sweetness	People who prefer it prefer it strongly
Anwar Ratol	Late June – July	Small, intensely aromatic, very high flesh-to-stone ratio	Lower yield per tree — the premium is real, not marketing
Begum Pasand	July	Large, aromatic, rich	Sold by name rather than by weight
Malda	July	Sweet, medium-large, soft	Grown across the Hyderabad belt
Fajri	July – August	Very large, mild, sold by weight not count	The value option in a good year
Neelum	July – August	Firm, sweet, holds shape in transport	One of the last off the tree; travels well
Almas	July – August	Large, late, rich	More a Sindh speciality than a national name
Zafran	July – August	Deep saffron flesh, which is where the name comes from	Late-season local variety
Chaunsa	Late July – September	Intensely sweet, aromatic, small stone, almost no fibre	Mostly southern Punjab, grown in Sindh too; closes the season
Toota Pari (Totapuri)	June – July	Firm, tart, beaked at the tip	Grown for pulp, pickle and juice rather than eating fresh
Desi / seedling (kacha aam)	May – July	Ungrafted local trees; picked raw and sour	Achar, chutney and aam panna. Every village has its own.

What each variety costs in season

Mango prices in Pakistan are a season story rather than a market story. The same variety costs two or three times as much in its first fortnight as it does at the peak, then rises again at the tail as the good fruit runs out. Buying at the peak of a variety's own window is the whole of the trick.

In-season retail ranges, PKR per kg. Out of season the same variety is a cold-storage fruit at a different price.
Item	Farm gate / mandi	Retail	Ours	Source
Sindhri†سندھڑیLate May to early July. From our own trees in the Tando Allahyar belt — in season only.	₨90 – 170 / kg	₨150 – 300 / kg	₨200 / kgOrder from us	Our farm
Sonaro†سوناروEarly Sindh variety, opens alongside Sindhri	—	₨130 – 250 / kg	We don’t sell this	National average
Saroli†سرولیGrown around Mirpurkhas; early to mid-season	—	₨130 – 250 / kg	We don’t sell this	National average
Gulab Khas†گلاب خاصRose-scented, softer flesh, sold locally more than exported	—	₨150 – 280 / kg	We don’t sell this	National average
Langra†لنگڑاStays green-skinned when ripe, which fools people into waiting too long	—	₨180 – 320 / kg	We don’t sell this	National average
Dusehri†دسہریOften sold unripe, which is why it disappoints so often	—	₨170 – 300 / kg	We don’t sell this	National average
Anwar Ratol†انور رٹولSmall fruit, large aroma, lower yield per tree — the premium is real	—	₨250 – 450 / kg	We don’t sell this	National average
Begum Pasand†بیگم پسندLarge, aromatic, sold more by name than by weight	—	₨200 – 350 / kg	We don’t sell this	National average
Malda†مالدہ	—	₨150 – 280 / kg	We don’t sell this	National average
Fajri†فجریVery large fruit sold by weight rather than count — the value option in a good year	—	₨130 – 250 / kg	We don’t sell this	National average
Neelum†نیلمOne of the last off the tree; holds shape well for transport	—	₨150 – 280 / kg	We don’t sell this	National average
Almas†الماسLate and large; a Sindh speciality more than a national name	—	₨200 – 350 / kg	We don’t sell this	National average
Chaunsa†چونساMostly a southern Punjab crop; grown in Sindh too and closes the season	—	₨200 – 400 / kg	We don’t sell this	National average
Zafran†زعفرانDeep saffron flesh, which is where the name comes from	—	₨150 – 280 / kg	We don’t sell this	National average
Toota Pari (Totapuri)†طوطا پریFirm and tart — grown for pulp, pickle and juice rather than for eating fresh	—	₨80 – 160 / kg	We don’t sell this	National average
Desi / seedling mangoes (kacha aam)†دیسی آمUngrafted local trees, picked raw for achar and chutney. Every village has its own.	—	₨60 – 140 / kg	We don’t sell this	National average

† Indicative. These rows are compiled from market knowledge and trade rates rather than checked by us this month, and we are working through them. Rows without the mark are either our own transactions or figures we have verified directly — that distinction is the point of publishing this at all, so we would rather show it than quietly average the two together.

These are ranges we observe, not fixed prices: rates move with city, season and quality, and a farm-gate figure is never what you pay at a shop counter. Where we sell the item ourselves, the price shown is the one you are charged at checkout.

Sindhri — late May to early July

Sindhri is Sindh's mango and the one that opens the national season. Large, oval, thin-skinned, and yellow-gold when ripe rather than blushed. The flesh is fibreless and the flavour is sweet with a distinct acidity behind it, which is what stops it being cloying and what makes it the better mango for a lassi, a chutney or anything cooked than the sweeter northern varieties.

It is picked mature but firm and ripens off the tree over three to six days — a Sindhri bought hard and left on a counter out of the sun is doing exactly what it should. Pressed near the stem it should give slightly; if the whole fruit is soft it has gone past its best and will be stringy near the stone.

This is our variety. Tando Allahyar sits in the Sindhri belt, and our trees come in from the last week of May, which is a fortnight before the fruit reaches most of the country. We sell it for about six weeks and say nothing for the rest of the year.

The early Sindh varieties: Sonaro, Saroli and Gulab Khas

These three come in with or just behind Sindhri and rarely leave the province, which is why they are almost unknown outside it. Sonaro is golden and straightforwardly sweet. Saroli is softer-fleshed and is a Mirpurkhas fruit above all. Gulab Khas carries a genuine rose scent — the name is descriptive rather than decorative — and it is the one to buy if you are eating mango for the smell as much as the taste.

None of them travels or stores as well as Sindhri or Chaunsa, which is exactly why they stay local and why they are cheaper here than their quality would suggest. If you are in Sindh in June, these are the best value on the stall.

Mid and late season: Langra, Anwar Ratol, Fajri, Neelum, Almas, Chaunsa

Langra keeps a green skin even when fully ripe, which confuses people into leaving it too long. It is more turpentine-scented and less straightforwardly sweet than Chaunsa, and its admirers are firm about it. Dusehri is the reliable mid-season fruit and the one most often picked too early.

Anwar Ratol is the small one, and it is small deliberately — a fist-sized mango with an outsized aroma and a very high flesh-to-stone ratio. It commands a premium because the trees yield less, not because of its reputation.

Then the late fruit. Fajri is very large and sold by weight, which makes it the value buy in a heavy year. Neelum is firm and travels well, which is why it turns up in cities long after the softer varieties have finished. Almas is a Sindh late speciality. And Chaunsa — mostly a southern Punjab crop but grown here too — closes the season in September, intensely sweet, small-stoned, and the variety that carries most of Pakistan's mango exports because it survives shipping and still tastes like something at the other end.

The mangoes nobody sells you fresh: Toota Pari and desi

Toota Pari is firm, tart and beaked at the tip, and it is grown for pulp, juice and pickle rather than for eating. If you have bought mango juice in Pakistan you have probably drunk it. It is cheap because it is a processing crop, not because it is a poor fruit.

The desi mangoes are the ungrafted seedling trees — every one genetically its own variety, most with a name known only to the village around it. They are picked raw and sour for achar, chutney and aam panna, and no household in Sindh treats them as the same product as a Sindhri. Any complete list of what Sindh grows has to include them, because by tree count they are a large part of it.

Buying mangoes without being disappointed

Buy by smell, not by colour. A ripe mango is fragrant at the stem end; a mango with no smell will not develop one no matter how long it sits, because it was picked immature. Skin colour is a variety trait — a green Langra can be perfectly ripe and a yellow Sindhri can be underripe.

Never refrigerate an unripe mango. Below about 10°C the ripening enzymes stop and never restart, which is what produces the fruit that goes from hard to soft without ever tasting of anything. Ripen on the counter, then refrigerate for a day if you want it cold to eat.

And buy in the variety's own weeks. That is the whole argument of this page: a mango in season, grown near you, is a different fruit from the same variety trucked in or held in cold storage.

Exporting and buying mangoes online

Pakistan exports mangoes to the Gulf, the UK and increasingly to Central Asia, and Chaunsa and Sindhri carry most of that volume. The constraints are real: fruit for export is picked firmer, treated to meet phytosanitary rules, and moves by air for the premium markets and by sea for the rest. Export grading also pulls the best fruit out of the local market, which is part of why the domestic price firms in a strong export year.

Buying mangoes online domestically is a different problem — the fruit is fragile and the last mile is what breaks it. What matters is how few days the fruit has been off the tree and how it was packed, not how many varieties a seller lists.

Common questions

Which mangoes are grown in Sindh?: Sindhri above all, plus Sonaro, Saroli, Gulab Khas, Dusehri, Langra, Anwar Ratol, Begum Pasand, Malda, Fajri, Neelum, Almas, Zafran, Chaunsa and Toota Pari, alongside hundreds of ungrafted desi seedling trees grown for achar. The table above gives each one's season window and character.
Which is the first mango of the season in Pakistan?: Sindhri, from the Sindh belt around Mirpurkhas and Tando Allahyar, from roughly the last week of May — about a fortnight before Punjab's varieties arrive.
When is mango season in Pakistan?: Late May to early September. No single variety covers it: Sindhri and the early Sindh varieties run late May to early July, Langra, Dusehri and Anwar Ratol through June and July, Fajri, Neelum and Almas in July and August, and Chaunsa closes it into September.
Which is the best Pakistani mango?: Chaunsa is the sweetest and the most exported; Sindhri has more acidity behind the sweetness and holds up better in cooking; Anwar Ratol has the most aroma per gram; Gulab Khas is the one to buy for its scent. There is no settled answer and anyone who gives you one is describing their own preference.
What does a kilo of mangoes cost in Pakistan?: It depends entirely on the variety and how far into its own window you are buying. The table above gives in-season retail ranges variety by variety, with the date they were last reviewed. The same fruit out of season is a cold-storage mango at a different price.
Why should you not refrigerate an unripe mango?: Below about 10°C the ripening enzymes stop permanently. The fruit still softens but never develops flavour — which is exactly what has happened to a mango that goes from hard to mushy and tastes of nothing.
What is Toota Pari mango used for?: Pulp, juice and pickle. It is firm and tart rather than sweet, and it is grown as a processing crop — most mango juice sold in Pakistan starts here.
Do you sell mangoes online?: Yes — Sindhri from our own trees, for about six weeks from the last week of May, and nothing outside that window. Out of season the listing shows as unavailable rather than quietly selling you cold-storage fruit.