I will need to travel to India for business and suffer with asthma. What time of the year would be best?
A. The ideal time for visits are the winter months when the temperature is cool, rainfall is minimal and humidity bearable. Summers are very hot (temperatures reach 130) and humid, and late summer/early autumn is the monsoon season with heavy rains. Bombay averages 70 inches of rain from June through September. Poor sanitary conditions are further worsened under such conditions. In Calcutta, the humidity remains above 90% for most of May through October. Dust storms frequently occur in the Delhi area in late spring. Dust and pollution from industrial effluents may aggravate respiratory ailments. Just breathing the air in many Indian cities is like smoking 10-20 cigarettes a day.
