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.

First let me say the developer owns much more land than will ever be developed.  The company owns land in the Osa Peninsula, land in maritime concession zones as well as a significant amount of primary forest.  This land will be preserved and protected.  In each phase of development a potion of the property is left as green space leaving corridors for animals to travel through.  Rivers passing through the property are now protected by means of a buffer space on both sides of the river, though in some earlier phases this was not required.   

The developer we represent does all work complete with great respect for the environment, using sustainable wood products. All of their developments are on prior pasture land and we never clear primary forest. They maintain natural buffer zones and protected areas within the developments, in excess of what is required by law. They also give a percentage of all sales toward environmental protection.