This is a comprehensive approach for the analysis of fog attributes with high-density intra-hourly data (Oct–Mar) for a period of 11 years from Jan 2009 to Dec 2019 in sub-urban Bengaluru. Also, the characteristics of nocturnal inversion parameters have been examined on the days with/without fog to explore any relationship between the two concurring meteorological phenomena. Lastly, ability of NWP model (NCMRWF, Unified Model, NCUM) was examined for predicting fog over Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru. Under the studied time frame, December reported 129 and January 126 fog events, while October, November, February, and March reported 33, 96, 44, 11 events, respectively. Similarly, December and January accounted for maximum fog hours. More than 80% of fog events were reported between 2200 and 0200 UTC with maximum (74) in the 0100–0129 UTC slot and dispersed between 0000 and 0400 UTC. Intensity-wise, shallow fog is most frequent (51%), while moderate, dense, and very-dense have a frequency of 29, 19.6 and 0.4%, respectively. As for atmospheric inversions in Bengaluru, elevated inversions are common occurrences throughout the year, while surface inversions are more frequent in the winter. In the study, it was found that 35% fog events coincided with two elevated inversions (EI) under the 700 hPa ceiling, whereas 25% occurred with a single EI. Surface inversions coinciding with fog events are relatively rare and mostly (71%) occur alongside EI. NWP model predicted reduced visibility during fog events with a hit rate of 42%, false alarm rate of 5% and bias value of 0.76. Model produced mixed results in forecasting of meteorological parameters and visibility. Wind speed and visibility were underestimated, whereas temperature and relative humidity show good agreement with the observed values.