Cabo San Lucas weather by month & the best time to visit
🇲🇽 Mexico · beach resort · hot desert climate
The best time to visit Cabo San Lucas is March — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 99/100), with April and May close behind. Cabo San Lucas averages about 3,445 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 24°C / 75°F and roughly 3 mm of rain in March.
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- Sun hours / year
- 3,445
- Sunniest month
- March
- Peak score
- 99/100
- Rain / year
- 262 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 11 (extreme)
- Sea at warmest
- 29°C / 84°F
- Population
- 203k
- Elevation
- 202 m
When is the best time to visit Cabo San Lucas?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Cabo San Lucas is March, then April and May. The dullest month is September (81/100, 99 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Cabo San Lucas?
Cabo San Lucas is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,445 hours of sunshine a year. March (99/100) is noticeably better than September (81). It ranks #17 of 62 destinations in Mexico for annual sunshine, above the national median of 3,138 hours. Rain is strongly seasonal here: roughly 71% of the year's 262 mm falls in the three months around September.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 98 | 24° / 75°F | 18° / 64°F | 9 mm | 6 | 24° / 75°F |
| February | 98 | 24° / 75°F | 17° / 63°F | 11 mm | 8 | 22° / 72°F |
| March | 99 | 24° / 75°F | 17° / 63°F | 3 mm | 10 | 21° / 70°F |
| April | 99 | 25° / 77°F | 18° / 64°F | 2 mm | 11 | 21° / 70°F |
| May | 99 | 26° / 79°F | 19° / 66°F | 1 mm | 11 | 22° / 72°F |
| June | 99 | 28° / 82°F | 21° / 70°F | 3 mm | 11 | 24° / 75°F |
| July | 96 | 30° / 86°F | 24° / 75°F | 19 mm | 11 | 25° / 77°F |
| August | 89 | 30° / 86°F | 26° / 79°F | 60 mm | 11 | 29° / 84°F |
| September | 81 | 30° / 86°F | 26° / 79°F | 99 mm | 10 | 28° / 82°F |
| October | 95 | 29° / 84°F | 24° / 75°F | 26 mm | 9 | 29° / 84°F |
| November | 96 | 27° / 81°F | 22° / 72°F | 18 mm | 7 | 27° / 81°F |
| December | 98 | 24° / 75°F | 19° / 66°F | 11 mm | 6 | 24° / 75°F |
Sea temperature in Cabo San Lucas by month
The sea off Cabo San Lucas is warmest in August at around 29°C / 84°F, and coolest in March at 21°C / 70°F. The water sits at a comfortable 21°C or warmer roughly all year round. Month-by-month sea-surface temperatures are in the Sea column of the table above.
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Nearby places for sunshine
- San José del Cabo Mexico · 32 km · best in Mar · 3,362 h sun/yr
- La Paz Mexico · 132 km · best in Mar · 3,353 h sun/yr
- Los Mochis Mexico · 316 km · best in Mar · 3,511 h sun/yr
- Culiacán Mexico · 322 km · best in Mar · 3,419 h sun/yr
- Mazatlàn Mexico · 377 km · best in Mar · 3,372 h sun/yr
- Ciudad Obregón Mexico · 494 km · best in Apr · 3,623 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Ciudad Constitución Mexico · 289 km · 3,727 h sun/yr · best in Apr
- Loreto Mexico · 367 km · 3,728 h sun/yr · best in Apr
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