Monsoon

Mean monsoon-season (June-September) precipitation (mm) for South Asia, 1901-2016. - Nir Krakauer

I never had a clear picture of the climate in India. Sometimes it's all jungle, tropical, warm & humid. Other places desert, dry as a bone. Well, India is a big place, so it makes sense that not all areas would have the same kind of climate. I mean the USA is like that we have the great southwestern desert, the near tropical swamp of the southwest, and the frozen Rocky Mountains. This is first map I have seen that gives me a meaningful picture of the climate here.

I am really surprised by band of blue along the southwest coast followed by the desert to the east, but I shouldn't be.