India is such a huge and geographically diverse country, it has a huge range of weather conditions. The best time to visit India is November through to march . During the early part of the year in the southern plains it can extremely hot making travel difficult. Also India has a ranging monsoon which at certain time can dump phenomenal amounts of rain in one area. The monsoon usually happens in June through to august. Some tourist towns completely close during this monsoon low season.. Lhadak is not affected by the monsoon itself, but rain in the surrounding areas can shut down the roads. In the northern parts, Lhadak and Sikkim November through to January can be extremely cold. The summer months of June through to September are considered as the best times to visit these mountain areas. To give you an indication of rain fall and temperatures see the chart below.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sikkim (av.temp)	9	11	15	18	19	19	20	20	20	19	15	12

(av.rain fall mm)              22    27    52   109  187  522 713 573 419 116    14    5

Mumbai(av.temp)           37   32    33      33   33     32   30   29  30   32       33   32

(av rain fall mm)                 0       1     0        0   20    647  945  660 309 17     7      1

Delhi (av. Temp)               21    24   30      36    41   40    35      34  34   35  29    23

(av rain fall mm)               25     22    17       7      8    65   211   173  150 31   1      5

Lhadka (av. Temp)           9       10     14     19     23  24     21     20     20   18  15  11

(Av. Rainfall mm)             65   48      58     38      54  47      15   85             65  0    7     0