Climate: It has a pleasant and moderate type of climate all through the year tough during the monsoon (April - September) it rains cats and dogs here.
Manipal is a twin city to Udupi.
By air: The closest air-port is Mangalore which is 65 km from here, Which is connected to Mumbai and Bangalore. Prepaid taxi service is available from airport (booking counter is on the left side of exit door of the terminal building) to Manipal for Rs 850.00 for non air-conditioned cab.
By Train: The closest railway station is the Udupi railway station which is 3 km away. It is one of the major stations in the konkan railway track and is connected to most of the major South Indian cities, including Mumbai.
By bus: Buses ply from Bangalore and Mangalore directly to Tiger Circle in Manipal. Apart from this most of the South Indian cities and Mumbai are connected to Udupi which is about 5 km from Manipal.
Apart from the scenic beauty of this place the only other attraction is its university. Manipal has colleges ranging from a top Indian medical college, engineering college to a college for media. Name the field and it would not be a very distant possibility of this place not boasting a college in that field.
Manipal boasts of the most happening night life among the university towns.
Because of such a cosmopolitan background it is not very difficult to find your taste of food. There is also a hotel management institute by manipal with its own hotel 'Valley View' which has a coffee shop and restaurant where you get any kind of food of your choice.
Manipal medical college has a twinning program in Melaka in Malaysia so you can find lots of malaysian people here so their food is available too.
Restaurants in Manipal are cheap and hygienic, so food is the last thing on your mind.
There are many pubs to support the night life so you get your drinks too.
There are all kinds of budget hotels here starting from lodges to a three star hotels.
There are quite a few beaches very close to Manipal so you can get out there and chill out in the sand.
It is a university town one of the premier Indian private universities. A very vibrant town full of life.u can come here in any month of the year. [http://www.squidoo.com/Manipal-Tourism See a Glimpse of Student Life]