The four seasons — Visit India
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Six seasons, four you can plan around

The year, read as a map

India does not have one climate, it has about eight running at once. The month you fly decides the country you get — snow, lagoon or flood. Scroll to see which is which.

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Four windows, each with a completely different country inside it. Pick the one that matches when you can travel, not the one that sounds best.

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Twelve months, five kinds of place

Green is go, amber is possible with planning, red is the season working against you.

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Check a single month in detail →

The year in pictures

Four seasons, sixteen frames

Snow, lagoon, rain and festival light — the same country photographed four months apart.

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Go deeper into a season

Each season has its own page: where to go, what it costs, and the month-by-month detail behind the summary above.

Winter & snow → Summer & islands → The monsoon →