Chula Vista Country Club, two minutes from Ajijic and 3 to Chapala, has a sporty nine-hole golf course set into the mountains, and two lighted tennis courts. Some 200 attractive homes surround the golf course overlooking the lake. It’s well worth driving through to see these beautifully constructed homes. Chula Vista has a strong neighborhood association, which works to maintain the quality of services in this area. Chula Vista is one of the favorite places to live around Lake Chapala and Ajijic, this is certainly a luxury area here in Mexico.
Lake Chapala, Mexico nestled in a mountain valley just 50 minutes south of Guadalajara and 25 minutes from the international airport, is the largest inland body of water in Mexico. It is 90 km long and 20 km wide and is situated on the border between the states of Jalisco and Michoacan and approximately a 3 ½ hour drive from the Pacific ocean. Lake Chapala Mexico has become a retirement paradise for Americans, Canadians, and Europeans; people from all over the world come to enjoy the warm days and cool nights along the shores of our beautiful lake. Crimson sunrises and golden sunsets serve to heighten their enjoyment of each majestic day.
Chula Vista Condominiums, Ajijic
Ajijic offers its foreign residents the unparalleled experience of life in a quaint Mexican village…with all the services and amenities of a nearby metropolitan city, lovely Guadalajara. Ajijic’s Foreign Community, a large community of full-time and seasonal foreign residents enjoy life in Ajijic including an estimated 7,000 U.S. citizens and Canadians. There is a very good representation of people from many parts of the world.
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- Chula Vista Condominiums, Ajijic
Best weather of the world rated by National Geographic. Biggest Lake In Mexico. Biggest expat community in Mexico. Low Cost of Living and everything is just at one step. Tropical Sceneries allong the lake. 45 minutes from the Second Biggest City in Mexico. 30 minutes from the International Airport.
Lake Chapala, about 25 miles south of Guadalajara, is the largest lake in Mexico and it really is impressively sprawling. The lake is ringed by a number of towns including Ajijic, Chapala and Jocotepec. The Ajijic/Chapala area is home to one of the largest North American expat communities found anywhere in Mexico. Unlike other expat magnets in Mexico, like San Miguel de Allende, the Ajijic/Chapala area has also retained a booming Mexican population so the place doesn’t feel like “Canada South.”
One of the attractions to consider the Lake Chapala area as a potential retirement spot is definitely the moderate year round weather in Ajijic. And for the last 70 years or so Ajijic, Mexico has attracted a variety of English speaking expats for it’s wonderful weather.
It’s not uncommon that if some one is looking for a potential ‘best places to retire’ the list usually includes; good weather year round, access to affordable quality medical care, and reasonable cost of living.
So let’s talk about the weather…
Frequently we are asked by potential guests these two questions,
“Is the weather for Mexico retirement that good?” (Well, let’s just say that National Geographic thinks so.)
and…
“What is the best time of year to visit Lake Chapala, Mexico?”
Generally, when someone asks the question they want to know when the weather is the ‘best’ in the Lake Chapala area.
Keep in mind that the discussion of weather is a relative thing, what is chilly to one person is comfortable to another and maybe downright COLD to a third person!
The same concept also applies to warm, comfortable and HOT weather, depends upon the interpretation of the person who is providing the opinion on weather.
Lake Chapala Weather Month by Month Generally speaking, our months here in Ajijic run like this from a weather perspective:
January…chilly, chance of some drizzle or rain (Average low temps: 45ºF; Average High: 75ºF Fahrenheit)
February…warmer and dry (Average low: 46ºF; Average High temps: 77ºF Fahrenheit)
March…warmer yet and drier (Average low temperatures: 48ºF; Average High: 82ºF Fahrenheit)
April…hot and very dry (Average low: 54ºF; Average High temperatures: 86ºF Fahrenheit)
May…hot (high 80’s – low 90’s Fahrenheit) and dry till mid-May, then very warm with increasing humidity and occasional rain in the evenings (Average low: 57ºF; Average High: 88ºF Fahrenheit)
June…first half very warm climate with occasional rain, second half the real rainy season starts and the weather is fantastic (Average low: 61ºF; Average High: 84ºF Fahrenheit)
July, August, September, October weather…warm, frequent thunderstorms at night, incredible lush days, think of Hawaii! (Average low: 59ºF; Average High temperatures: 79ºF Fahrenheit)
November…rains ending, warm days and chilly nights (Average low: 48ºF; Average High: 77ºF Fahrenheit)
December…dry weather, warm days and chilly nights (Average low temps: 46ºF; Average High: 75ºF Fahrenheit)
So to summarize, since we live in the Lake Chapala area commonly described as ‘The Land of Eternal Spring’, the best time of year to visit, is usually determined by where you are coming from and what time of year it is the worst and not so much what is happening here in Ajijic.
So, if you currently live in an area that gets a lot of cold winter snow like the western areas of the US (Lake Tahoe, Denver etc..) or mid west areas (St. Louis, Chicago, Minneapolis, Indianapolis etc..) or the North east (Philadelphia, Boston, New York City, Washington D.C etc..) then fall, winter or spring months might be the best time to visit Ajijic
However, September through May in the spring would also be months that would be attractive for those that live in colder and wet climates such as Portland, Oregon and Seattle Washington and the like.
But if you live in an area that attracts snowbirds but is unattractive in the late spring months of May to fall months of October such as Arizona and Florida this time year might be best for you to vacation in Ajijic.
What could be more amazing than to live in an area, that has an Open Air Street Market every Wednesday?
This ‘Retirement Nirvana’ is starting to sound like Lake Chapala and it’s weather and comfortable lifestyle is a little too good to be true. Kinda like some Bernie Madoff investment scheme, there’s gotta be a catch.
You are probably wondering what are the downsides are to living in Ajijic and Lake Chapala. What would be some Ajijic Retirement Deal Breakers?
Check ‘em out for yourself.
