Frequently Asked Questions

The weather is 81 degrees year round, more humid in the rainy season from May to October.  It can be pretty steamy at the height of the day but we usually have an ocean breeze.  The temperature cools fairly significantly when the sun goes down.  The Dry season sees very little rain.  Annual rainfall averages around 150 inches of rain per year.  Most rain comes late in the day during the rainy season and it rarely rains all day.  We get very hard tropical rain that comes down fast.  We have prevailing breezes off the Pacific ocean which is right in front of us.  We typically cool down by at least 10 degrees at night.  Many houses have no heat or AC.  Some people use AC primarily to remove humidity.  We typically use split AC systems, a condensing unit outside and a wall mounted air handler inside, also referred to as "ductless" systems.  We have significantly more cloud cover during the rainy season and occasionally we will get incredible torrential downpours but all in all the environment is pretty nice most of the time.  Depending on how far north you are coming from, it does take some adjustment to the temperature when you first arrive.   Here is a live weather link to Dominical, just to our north.