Best time to visit India
Every guide's best months, checked against its own thirty-year rainfall: a filled month is recommended, a hatched one has over 250 mm of rain. Most of India agrees on Jan, Feb, Mar, Nov, Dec.
| Place | J | F | M | A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D | In words |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agra & the Taj MahalOctober to March | October to March | ||||||||||||
| VaranasiNovember to February (April to June reach 42°C; the monsoon floods the ghats) | November to February (April to June reach 42°C; the monsoon floods the ghats) | ||||||||||||
| GoaNovember to March (dry season) | November to March (dry season) | ||||||||||||
| JaipurOctober to March (May and June reach 40°C) | October to March (May and June reach 40°C) | ||||||||||||
| Kerala BackwatersNovember to March — between the summer monsoon and its autumn return | November to March — between the summer monsoon and its autumn return |
best month · over 250 mm · the letters are the months, January to December.
The guides in India
Agra & the Taj MahalIndiaA tomb built for one person, visited by eight million a year
VaranasiIndiaThe oldest continuously lived-in city on earth, where the Ganges is lined with steps and funeral pyres
GoaIndiaPortuguese churches, Arabian Sea beaches, and no hurry at all
JaipurIndiaA pink city laid out on a grid in 1727, with a fort on every hill above it
Kerala BackwatersIndiaNine hundred kilometres of lagoons and canals behind the coast, crossed on a converted rice barge