Villa La Macha-Weather

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The weather in Quepos and Manuel Antonio is sub-tropical coastal Pacific, characterized by coastal breezes, temperatures ranging from the 80s during the day to the 70s at night and moderate levels of humidity. Like most tropical countries, Costa Rica has a dry season and a wet season. These refer to relative amounts of precipitation.

The dry season is not totally dry and the wet season is not totally wet. In fact, sunny and beautiful weather is experienced in both seasons. The dry or "high season" runs from December to April, the time when much of North America is experiencing winter, but the Costa Ricans call this period verano, summer. The rest of the year is the wet or "low season," or what many call the "green season," and is referred to locally as invierno, winter.

The rains in either season generally bring cooling, refreshing breezes and sometimes are very exciting. They produce gorgeous sunsets, which because of our proximity to the equator occur around the same time every day, about 5:45 p.m. Temperatures vary little from season to season and generally tend to be about 69-72° in the evenings and 86-89° during the day Because Villa La Macha is 200 feet above the ocean, the Villa is cooled by continual sea breezes.

Following is our personal experience with Manuel Antonio weather month by month:

TYPICAL VILLA LA MACHA WEATHER
Month	Temperature	Typical Weather	Maximum 100% cloudy days in a week*
Late December-January	Mid 70s day Mid 60s night	Sunny and dry all day	0
February	Low 80s day Mid 70s night	Sunny and dry all day Rare afternoon rain	0
March	Mid 80s day Mid 70s night	Sunny and dry all day Occasional afternoon rain	1
April	High 80s day Mid 70s night	Sunny and dry all day Occasional afternoon rain	2
May, June, July	Mid 80s day Mid 70s night	Sunny cool mornings Often clouds over and rains in afternoon Can experience heavy thunderstorms	2
August	Low 80s day Mid 70s night	Sunny cool mornings Typically clouds over and rains afternoons or evenings Can experience heavy thunderstorms	3
September- early December	Low 80s day Low 70s night	Sunny cool mornings and evenings Can experience major multi-day storms (very dramatic)	4
*may be more on case of unusually heavy storms