The climate follows the terrain in India and it also depends on the time of the year. While the southern end is the Deccan plateau and has tropical monsoon climate, western region has deserts and a coastline. The eastern plains have a similar climate with lots of rains while the northern India has a moderate temperature with extremes during winters and summers.

In winters, northern India is cold between November and March whereas southern India is coolest between November and January only. June is the month with extremes of hot temperature and this develops surface winds that cause rains in the entire Indian sub-continent in the months of July to September. These rains are commonly known as the monsoons and cause heavy rains in the southwest region. The northeast monsoons bring heavy rains to the eastern coast between October and December.