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The Seasons
Tepoztlán has a privileged climate all year round, but the weather can be dramatic, with powerful sun during the dry season, winds and showers in rainy season, and cool, clear sunsets in autumn and winter.
Each season brings different elements to the landscape in Dilao. Landscape changes radically from one season to another, not only with the colors of the foliage but also with the selective pruning of the field, which allows the creation of new spaces and perspectives.
The light also changes from season to season, and the sky is part of the daily show, with dramatic orange sunsets in November and long cloudy afternoons in summer.
Wild flowers in autumn
End of September to February
Autumn is the most spectacular season in Dilao. Each week brings new blooms that follow one after another starting on September 28, when Tepoztlán celebrates the harvest of the first corn and the yauhtli or pericón flowers for the traditional crosses on the eve of Saint Michael. Dilao is filled with these yellow flowers that grow to a height of 120 cm and cover everything except the paths, perfuming the environment with their soft, chamomile-like aroma.
The wild flowers that we associate with the festivities of the dead, the cempasúchil and the dozens of varieties of plants of the genus Tagetes colonize the countryside along with many others that have their peak at this time of year. Large flowery benches overwhelmingly obstruct the view, so that sculptures and fountains emerge surprisingly from the wild blooms. The days are cooler and when the sun goes down the temperature drops enough to keep warm; the nights are clear and by mid-October it has stopped raining, so the air becomes light and transparent. It is also the ideal time to observe the night sky in Dilao.
Dry season
March to early June
The ocher and gold of the dry season cover the landscape of the mountains and Dilao. The wild bloom remains dry on the ground, sowing its seed for the following year and still imparting its scent, but little by little the main spaces are pruned away, and suddenly Dilao looks much larger and open.
The temperature rises and it is better to do the tours avoiding the hottest hours between two and four in the afternoon. It is the time when guayacanes, tabachines and other flower trees bloom in Dilao, bringing a wonderful contrast with the dry countryside. The citrus spiral remains evergreen, and at this time the orange and lemon trees are full of orange blossoms and the calamondin and kumquats trees are laden with fruit.
Rainy Season
June to October
As soon as it starts to rain, the landscape transforms and turns green. The plants grow and fill the field. The earth smells of rain and the days become cooler; the clouds make moving landscapes in the sky, and it is the ideal time to observe them from the pavilion –if it rains– or if the weather is good, from the comfortable spots with created by mowing islands in a sea of grass and flowers.
