If your dog needs a vet right now, find your part of the city below, tap Call, and ask whether a vet is in the building. If nothing is wrong tonight, find the clinic nearest you and save its number, because the worst time to look for a night vet is at night.

Sixteen Bengaluru vets in our directory publish 24-hour opening, seven days a week, and five more stay open until 10 pm or later. Some keep a vet on the premises all night and others have a nurse who calls one in, so the first thing to ask on the phone is whether a vet is there. Pick by route as well as distance: at night, 8 km on a clear road can be quicker than 3 km through a blocked junction.

Signs that can't wait until morning

Go tonight if you see any of these. Call the nearest clinic on this page while someone else gets the dog ready.

  • trouble breathing, or blue or very pale gums
  • collapse, or a seizure that lasts more than a few minutes or keeps coming back
  • a swollen, tight belly with retching that brings nothing up, especially in big, deep-chested dogs
  • rat poison, chocolate, grapes or raisins, human medicines, or anything else toxic
  • a road accident, even if your dog seems fine afterwards
  • bleeding that doesn't slow with firm pressure
  • straining to pee with nothing coming out
  • heatstroke: heavy panting, drooling and weakness after heat or exercise

For heatstroke, start cooling your dog on the way with room-temperature water (not ice) and a fan, and keep the car's AC running.

What to say when you call

Whoever picks up needs to decide quickly whether they can help, so give them the facts first:

My dog is a __-year-old [breed], about __ kg. [What happened] started about __ ago. Is a vet there now who can see us? How long will it take you to be ready?

Then ask three things on the same call:

  1. Can you do what my dog is likely to need tonight? After a road accident that means X-rays. If your dog has eaten something, it may mean making them vomit. After a collapse, it means oxygen and a drip.
  2. If you can't, where would you send us instead?
  3. What is the night fee? Night visits cost more than daytime ones, and it's better to hear it now than at the desk.

South Bengaluru

Eight round-the-clock clinics, the most of any part of the city.

Jayanagar and J P Nagar

BTM Layout, Bannerghatta Road and HSR Layout

Central and east

Three clinics in Domlur and Indiranagar. These are also the nearest for Koramangala and most of the east.

West and north

Two clinics in Nagarbhavi and one in RMV 2nd Stage.

The edges of the city

One clinic in Electronic City and one at Budigere Cross in the north-east.

Open late, not all night

Five more for when it's 9 pm, not 3 am.

Whitefield, Hebbal, Yelahanka and Marathahalli

No clinic in these areas lists 24-hour opening with us. The nearest that do are in Domlur, Indiranagar and Budigere Cross.

Bangalore Pet Hospital in Whitefield advertises 24/7 emergency service and a pet ambulance. Call before you set off.

If you live in one of these areas, drive the route to your nearest night clinic once, after dark, before you need it. Know a clinic there that takes emergencies through the night? Tell us and we'll add it.

What to take with you

No car? Our guide to reaching a vet in Bengaluru without one covers cabs, autos and ambulances. To see every clinic on a map, the Bengaluru health & emergencies page puts the emergency clinics first, then all 91 vets we list across the city.

Common questions

Quick answers to what people ask most.

Does "open 24 hours" mean a vet is there all night?

No. Some clinics keep a vet on the premises, and others have a nurse or attendant who calls one in. That is why the first question on the phone is whether a vet is there now.

Which 24-hour vet is closest to Koramangala?

Koramangala itself has none listed. The Supertails clinic there closes at 10 pm. After that, the nearest listed are in Domlur, BTM Layout and HSR Layout.

Is there a 24-hour vet in Whitefield?

Bangalore Pet Hospital in Whitefield advertises 24/7 emergency service, so call it first. The nearest clinics that list 24-hour opening with us are in Domlur, Indiranagar and Budigere Cross.