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June is the first month in this series where the weather genuinely works against you rather than just shaping your plans around it. Daytime heat regularly pushes past 33°C, the air sits thick with humidity, and afternoon storms are a real, daily possibility rather than an occasional inconvenience. None of that is a reason to skip June. It's a reason to know exactly what you're trading for it: the last real week of golden rice, the peak of the lotus season, and a landscape doing two of its best tricks at once. The rain itself is less disruptive than the word "rainy season" suggests. What actually happens most afternoons is a sharp, loud downpour that clears within an hour or two, not a grey day that swallows your plans. The heat is the harder problem, and it's the one worth building your schedule around.