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Tano
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Temperature range
It seems to me that this forum is populated by seasoned Baja visitors/denizens, so I have to ask: does anybody know of a place down there where the
temperature stays between 70 and 90 degrees all year long, or a least within this range?
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capt. mike
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sorry - i wish.....it is a desert, all of it even the area below the northern tropic latitude.
you need to go further south than baja can allow.
i recommend Yucatan and Quintana Roo for more idyillic climate.
from Cozumel south to Guatamala you'll find spendor along the coast.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Tano
It seems to me that this forum is populated by seasoned Baja visitors/denizens, so I have to ask: does anybody know of a place down there where the
temperature stays between 70 and 90 degrees all year long, or a least within this range? |
Does here in Loreto, but gets you a big electric bill in summer.
But, kidding aside, the Asuncion area probably comes closest.
If you can stand to be with all those Canucks. 
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Tano
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I don’t mind foreigners. I’m one myself.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by vandenberg
Does here in Loreto, but gets you a big electric bill in summer.
But, kidding aside, the Asuncion area probably comes closest.
If you can stand to be with all those Canucks. |
Yes, they are smart people and they are coming---they do tend to discover some of the best places in Mexico first. 
We do not keep temperature records here in Asuncion, but I doubt it ever really drops much below 70 degrees in the winter, but it can feel colder with
the wind and it is cold at night. During the summer, it seems to seldom top 90 unless a tropical storm is south of here.
Now, drive 1 mile inland and it is another climate.
Mike, I find the Yucatan and Quintana Roo hot and humid in the winter, especially in the cities like Merida, and all of it REALLY hot and humid in the
summer. And in Guatemala, yes the highland cities stay fairly consistent throughout the year, but the lowland beaches are quite tropical----hot and
humid.
OH, for a Baja place further north, the weather along the Pacific Coast is very much like that in San Diego---except in places like San Quintin there
is more wind.
Good luck.
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Tano
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"Now, drive 1 mile inland and it is another climate. "
I've heard many comments along those lines. That's why I'm leery about "official" reports and prefer to rely on personal experience.
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Todos Santos would probably come close if you can stand all the artist.
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The Ocean & The Desert
| Quote: | Originally posted by Tano
"Now, drive 1 mile inland and it is another climate. "
I've heard many comments along those lines. That's why I'm leery about "official" reports and prefer to rely on personal experience.
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The prevailing wind on the West Coast is from the Northwest. It blows across relatively cool water, as the prevailing current in the Eastern Pacific
runs South from the Gulf of Alaska. (the opposite is true in the Atlantic, so that places as far North as Iceland are relatively temperate)
Therefore, anywhere close to the Pacific Ocean is going to have a more temperate climate than just a bit inland. That's why it can be 78 in LA and 105
in Palm Springs at the same time. The same is true in Baja. Anywhere close to the ocean should meet your 70-90 ideal. It gets slightly warmer the
further south one goes, but the change is not that great. The temperature range between Ensenada, San Quintin and Guerrero Negro is minor.
The Sea of Cortez side can get colder in winter and much warmer in summer. In fact, I find it hard to think of Loreto as fitting your parameters. I
don't often check temps there, but I do know it is not uncommon for temps to exceed 100 in the summer in La Paz.
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Tano -we live on the Pacific almost due west of La Paz (Todos is 70 miles down the beach). The temps here do indeed range in the 70-90 range year
round.
The average summer day is about 87 (La Paz on the same day 100+, we seem to average a steady 15F cooler in the summer daytime than La Paz with
generally warmer winter evenings as the sea moderates the temp).
Hottest day ever here was in February - 104F during a northerly gale!
rob.
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A 4 hr drive from TJ to San Feilipe and you can have warm weather year round.
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Yes, your best climate in Baja is Todos Santos.
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The entire Pacific Coast falls within that range, save for the occasional anomaly. That's daytime...right?
Can you be more specific about an area where you may be interested?
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Tano
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Yeah... one without the anomalies.
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Tano, you are cordially invited to come on down, enjoy all the wonders of Baja California. If you learn to like it, spend enough time here, you might
earn the appellation "Chollero". That's what they call people who live down here. Most of them feel a sense of pride in that since they have learned
to live in a sometimes harsh place when they had many other choices. A bad start here would be to make limits for yourself in a place that can and
will kill you in a whole lot of ways. Man up, ask yourself how happy you could be if everything, every day met your narrow temperature parameters.
Gotta get real cold to enjoy hot and vice versa.
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Tano
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Thank you kindly. I’ve been planning this move for 30 years, and the time is fast approaching.
Chollero... ¿Qué querrá decir eso?
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From the Cholla cactus. People who live in Baja California are called Cholleros. Hardy, insular, adaptable, durable.
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Tano
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Got it.
Now that you mentioned “durable,” I wonder what the life expectancy is for people down there, provided that you die of natural causes.
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vandenberg
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Tano
Got it.
Now that you mentioned “durable,” I wonder what the life expectancy is for people down there, provided that you die of natural causes.
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I'm 25 and still going strong. But, I'm aware that the end is in sight. All part of living.
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Remember, those places in paradise (70º-90º) also get hurricanes!
Seriously, Hawaii and southern Baja on the Pacific coast are paradise... I am glad 'rob' posted because I knew he would have the accurate details and
he is in that zone!
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Tano
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Rob didn’t say exactly where he is. “[O]n the Pacific almost due west of La Paz (Todos is 70 miles down the beach).” I guess that’s better than
nothing.
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