When Is The Best Time To Travel To India?
Traveling to India and wondering the best season to visit? Read on and find it out. India with its unique cultural heritage and history tops the popular destination list. Generally, India is good to travel round the year. Yet, winters is the peak season for tourism. The shoulder season, falls during summer and is the least visited period. However, hill stations beat the heat of scorching summer.
Based on temperature and rainfall, the Indian Meteorological Service has segregated the country into seven different climatic regions. These include the Himalayas, Assam and West Bengal, the Indo-Gangetic Plain (North Indian Plain, including a huge section of north-central India), the Western Ghats and coast, the Deccan Plateau (south-central India), and the Eastern Ghats and coast. The north of India is cooler, the center is hot and dry, and the south has a tropical climate.
Indian weather is divided into five distinct seasons - winter, summer, monsoon, autumn and spring. The southern tip of the India will be lashed by tropical monsoon rain when the north experiences thick snow. Therefore, the best time to travel to India depends heavily depends on the destinations Travelled and the climate experienced there.
It is the peak season for tours to India; the season begins with the disappearance of the monsoon and the appearance of clear sunny skies. Daytime winter temperatures are comfortable, while nights are freezing in the north. The south experiences heavy rainfall and is pleasant.
Points of interest include Goa and its sunny beaches. Tourists in large number flock at the beaches to relax and party. India's far south also best enjoyed in winter, with December to February being the only good months to travel there. Surprisingly, Kerala is welcoming all the year round. The desert state - Rajasthan is another destination to visit during winter. Skiing is possible in the Himalayan region.
India begins to summer from March onwards, initially in the northern plains and then the remaining parts of the country. By April, several places experience daily temperatures exceeding 40 degrees Celsius. However, the southern parts with 35 degrees Celsius stay cooler. In late May, humidity begins building up accompanied by thunderstorms and dust storms. Indian summers are relentless.
Even though summers in India are uncomfortable and draining, yet hill stations offer respite. Manali, Nainital, Shimla in the North and Ooty, Kodaikanal in the south offer fresh and soothing air.
For wildlife enthusiasts, spotting tigers in reserves and national parks is attractive enough to visit India.
India is blessed with two monsoons - the southwest and the northeast monsoon. The southwest monsoon is the chief monsoon that emerges from the Arabian Sea and makes its way up to India’s west coast in early June. By mid-July, most parts of the country are covered in rain. The northeast monsoon affects India’s east coast during November and December. During monsoon the weather remains humid.
Even though it’s difficult to travel throughout most of India in the rains, as transport services are often disrupted. However, Ladakh in the far north is a great destination for monsoon travel in India.
Indian Climate
Based on temperature and rainfall, the Indian Meteorological Service has segregated the country into seven different climatic regions. These include the Himalayas, Assam and West Bengal, the Indo-Gangetic Plain (North Indian Plain, including a huge section of north-central India), the Western Ghats and coast, the Deccan Plateau (south-central India), and the Eastern Ghats and coast. The north of India is cooler, the center is hot and dry, and the south has a tropical climate.
Indian weather is divided into five distinct seasons - winter, summer, monsoon, autumn and spring. The southern tip of the India will be lashed by tropical monsoon rain when the north experiences thick snow. Therefore, the best time to travel to India depends heavily depends on the destinations Travelled and the climate experienced there.
Winter (November to February)
It is the peak season for tours to India; the season begins with the disappearance of the monsoon and the appearance of clear sunny skies. Daytime winter temperatures are comfortable, while nights are freezing in the north. The south experiences heavy rainfall and is pleasant.
Points of interest include Goa and its sunny beaches. Tourists in large number flock at the beaches to relax and party. India's far south also best enjoyed in winter, with December to February being the only good months to travel there. Surprisingly, Kerala is welcoming all the year round. The desert state - Rajasthan is another destination to visit during winter. Skiing is possible in the Himalayan region.
Summer (March to May)
India begins to summer from March onwards, initially in the northern plains and then the remaining parts of the country. By April, several places experience daily temperatures exceeding 40 degrees Celsius. However, the southern parts with 35 degrees Celsius stay cooler. In late May, humidity begins building up accompanied by thunderstorms and dust storms. Indian summers are relentless.
Even though summers in India are uncomfortable and draining, yet hill stations offer respite. Manali, Nainital, Shimla in the North and Ooty, Kodaikanal in the south offer fresh and soothing air.
For wildlife enthusiasts, spotting tigers in reserves and national parks is attractive enough to visit India.
Monsoon (June to October)
India is blessed with two monsoons - the southwest and the northeast monsoon. The southwest monsoon is the chief monsoon that emerges from the Arabian Sea and makes its way up to India’s west coast in early June. By mid-July, most parts of the country are covered in rain. The northeast monsoon affects India’s east coast during November and December. During monsoon the weather remains humid.
Even though it’s difficult to travel throughout most of India in the rains, as transport services are often disrupted. However, Ladakh in the far north is a great destination for monsoon travel in India.
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