Bahia de Caraquez Travel Guide

   Bahía de Caráquez is located just 40 miles South of the Equator on the estuary of the Rio Chone. Bahía is a quiet tourist town that primarily caters to the middle and upper class of Quito and Guayaquil that have vacation condos here. This area is almost completely undiscovered by the rest of the world. Bahía has the lowest crime rate in all of Ecuador, and probly is the cleanest as well with daily garbage service. You may be thinking that because you're on the Equator that the weather is hot, sticky, and buggy. Nothing could be further from the truth, Infact you will be in for a very pleasant surprise! Here in Bahía, there has never been a hurricane or tropical storm, and lightning is extremely rare. Bahía is in a dry tropical belt only about 60 miles wide; there are even cactus growing near here! During what they call the rainy season, we average an hour or two of light rain in the evening per week! The average daytime temperature during the months of November through April is about 85 degrees with moderate humidity. For March through May temperatures are in the low 80's. June through October we have very low humidity and daytime temps of 70-78 degrees. In addition, the daily sea/land breeze pattern means that there's almost always a pleasant breeze this place is almost unknown outside of Ecuador and would be the perfect place to retire!