Since India is a very vast country, it has many different climates and microclimates. So, if you are planning to travel to India, make sure that you checkthe weather conditions of your destination in India. The climate of India can be categorized as hot tropical with exceptions to some of the northern states that have a relatively cooler and a more continental influenced climate. Summer is extremely hot in most of the parts of India except as mentioned above. It starts from April and continues till the end of September. Temperatures in the northern plains and west rises to a maximum of 45ºC (113ºF) and sometime even higher in the month of June. It is also the month when monsoons hit the majority portions of the country. The northern plains have a cold wave in winters and the minimum temperature dips below 5ºC (41ºF). While in the northern high altitudes, it snows through the winter and the summer months are just slightly warm.