They are foggy every day of the year. They called these forests cloud forests because they are often covered with clouds. Actually, it would be more accurate to call it a fog forest. Because when you are in the forest, you will feel yourself in the foggy environment. Mist forests are often intertwined with tropical rainforests. In mountainous areas with rainforests, fog forest features are dominant after 500 meters above sea level. As you go higher, the precipitation decreases and the characteristics of the plants change. Rainforests and fog forests abound in Costa Rica. The low altitudes are the rainforest and the higher elevations are the fog forest. These natural features are an important source of eco-tourism income for Costa Rica and their importance is increasing every year.
There is no extremely hot weather in fog forests. Even if it doesn't rain, every place gets soaking wet for different reasons. The first is because the clouds circulate among the trees, and the second is that the water particles in the humid air currents directed from bottom to top at night condense on the cool branches and leaves and form water drops. It usually happens during the night, but sometimes even during the daytime the same thing happens when cold winds come suddenly at any time. As it is raining, water begins to drip from the trees profusely. Therefore, in fog forest eco tourism, they recommend tourists to wear a raincoat while going on a forest tour.
