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Weather We get about ninety inches of rain per year, and though global climate disruption is changing things for us, the rainy season usually last from October to late May. The heavy rains being from Mid December to Mid May. Even so, most mornings are usually free of rain and spectacular. The driest time is from mid June through mid September.  photo of the Zorrilla family Temperature: The temperature at 1850 meters is pretty close to ideal! We really do live in paradise- especially when it comes to the temperature. It's like eternal spring! The coolest it gets is 11 degrees Centigrade (52 F), and warms up to a max of 28 degrees (82 F), though most days it stays below 28 C. So, a medium-weight sweater, or sweat clothes, will be fine. It is chiller in the pre-dawn hours, but most of the rest of the day you can either wear short or long sleeve shirt, and be equally comfortable. WHAT TO BRING.Rubber Boots (or Wellies). While we do have rubber boots available for our guests, it's better if you can bring your own. They run about $ 6.00 in Otavalo and are easy to buy; they cost a bit more in Quito. But, if you big feet (size 10 and over), bring your own, as these sizes are hard to come by in Ecuador. Insects…. At our elevations (about 1850 meters, or 6000 feet), there aren't as many insects as the hot, humid lowlands. However, there are times of the year when we give the lowlands a run for the money when it comes to pestiferous small biting black flies. In other words, unless you are a masochist, bring insect repellant. Diseases? No thanks. Of the infinite numbers of advantages that living on the slopes of the Andes have over the lowlands, one of the nicer ones is the almost complete lack of the dreaded diseases of the lowlands, like Malaria, Dengue, Chaga's, Yellow-fever and Leishmeniasis. The Incas knew what they were doing when they set up their kingdoms away from the disease-ridden lowlands! So, NO, unless you are planning on traveling to the lowlands, you need not worry about getting sick from one of these diseases; getting shot, nor ingesting some of dreadful pills that have replaced the cinchona bark to ward off malaria.
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