India Weather Guide NORTH

India weather on the northern plains is most temperate and dry and sunny from October to March. Delhi and nearby States can have fog during mid-December to mid January, when there can also be a heavy frost. Rajasthan can be relatively unaffected.
North of Delhi, there are sometimes freezing temperatures at night in January. May and June are extremely hot. India weather in the Himalayan Foothills is at its best from March to October. During Monsoon there is some relief from the heat of the plains. There can be snowfalls in some of the hill stations late December to February. Further north, Kashmir and Ladakh have their best season in July and August.