The region of Ecuador where I live is called the Sierra and is part of the Andes mountain range. The Sierra is the coldest region of Ecuador, due to the high elevation. For example, the elevation where I live is 8,400 feet. (Compare that to Denver, which is about 5,280 feet above sea level and one of the highest elevation cities in the United States.) The weather in the Sierra is pretty much the same all year round, which is to say that mornings and nights are cold, and days are usually very hot. The sun is extremely strong here, so wearing SPF and sunglasses is a good idea. The seasons in the Sierra consist of a wet and dry season, with wet seasons occuring approximately 2x per year. During the wet season, it generally downpours for an hour or two every afternoon.
The Sierra is different from high-elevation areas in the United States in many ways. For one thing, there are numerous volcanoes, here. In fact, the summit of the volcano Chimborazo is the furthest you can ever be from the center of the Earth -- even further than Mt. Everest! This is due to the way the Earth's shape isn't a perfect sphere, especially at the Equator.
We also have many cloud forests.
