There are some dry days too
These are the seasons of equatorial Arica, in the rainforest, rain is an essential part of the ecosystem and brings a cooling effect on balmy days. The average annual rainfall ist 1.450-1.1650mm per year.
Variability impacts new leaves, flowering, fruiting of trees, and overall ecology. Big mammals do not migrate, and so they are in the area year-round. For this reason, any time of year is a wonderful time to explore the last jungles of Tarzan. Here is a general guideline based on experience (subject to the whims of Mother Nature)
Rainfall
Temperature
|
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED |
|
|
JANAURY-MARCH |
|
January |
|
|
Middle of the shoe-dry season-fair temperatures, less rain and lower humidity |
|
February |
Av. day 34°C/93°F. Av. night 18°C/64°F |
|
Quite like January, with a few more rainy days and light elevated temperatures |
|
March |
|
|
One of the years warmest months, usually end of the low-rainfall season |
|
SHORT RAINS & HOT DAYS |
|
|
APRIL-MAY |
|
April |
Av. day 32°C/90°F. Av. night 22°C/72°F |
|
Variable rainfall, becoming hotter and heavier later in the month |
|
Mai |
|
|
Rainfall is much the same as in April, and temperatures slowly start to decline |
|
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED |
|
|
JUNE-SEPTEMBER |
|
June |
|
|
An almost & sudden slowing of heavy rainfall and temperatures cool down |
|
July |
Av. day 30°C/86°F. Av. night 21C/70°F |
|
One of the least wet , coolest times of the year with occasional gentle rains |
|
August |
|
|
The temperature is slightly cooler than July and rainfall remains much the same |
|
September |
|
|
Rainfall increases towards the middle of the month, so does the temperature |
|
FABULOUS CONTRASTS |
|
|
OCTOBER-DEZEMBER |
|
Oktober |
|
|
Rains continue this month getting wetter now as humidity rises |
|
November |
Av. day 32°C/90°F. Av. night 21°C/70°F |
|
Tropical rainstorms contrast with sustained periods of clear blue skies |
|
December |
|
|
Rain declines as the low-rainfall season sets in towards the end of December |
