For 2026, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) predicts that the Southwest Monsoon is likely to reach the Andaman Sea around May 20 and follow its climatological normal date of . While early estimates suggest that overall rainfall might be slightly below normal (around 92% of the Long Period Average due to developing El Niño conditions), the monsoon is still expected to bring significant precipitation across the country. Arrival in Kerala: Around June 1. Arrival in Mumbai: Around June 10. Arrival in Delhi-NCR: Around June 27 – June 30. Coverage of Entire Country: By around July 15. The Two Faces of the Indian Monsoon India experiences two primary monsoonal flows:
It begins not with a drop, but with a promise. For weeks, the sky over Kerala is a tense, bruised grey, the air a heavy, wet blanket. Farmers tilt their chins upward, city-dwellers check their apps, and the koyal bird calls from a parched mango grove. Then, one afternoon, the first fat, cool splat hits the dust. It smells of earth and eternity. monsoon period in india
