Cabo San Lucas Travel Weather

What's the Weather Like When Traveling to Cabo San Lucas?

Cabo San Lucas is located on the southern tip of Baja Mexico. It is a growing resort area with a population of nearly 70,000. The Pacific Ocean is to the west and the Sea of Cortez to the east. Cabo San Lucas is a tourist destination noted for its night life, beautiful beaches, marina, sport fishing, golf, as well as many other attractions. It is also a cruise ship port. It is classified as a tropical desert climate. This indicates that temperatures are warm thoughout the year with little precipiation. During an average year, there are more than 300 days with abundant sunshine. Occasionally hurricanes threaten Los Cabos, but the vast majority weaken or pass well to the south. Hurricane Odile was the exception when it made landfall over the southern Baja as a major hurricane during September of 2014.

Cabo San Lucas Rainfall
Cabo San Lucas has an arid climate. Rainfall amounts of less than ten inches per year are average. There is a short wet season which occurs during the summer. Rainfall is the result of occasional thundershowers that develop or when tropical cyclones become active in the eastern Pacific.

Hurricanes usually pass well to the south or southwest of Cabo. Occasionally an upper air trough drops far enough south to steer a tropical cyclone onto the Baja peninsula. Many times hurricanes weaken as they approach the southern Baja. Strong winds aloft will shear a tropical cyclone and weaken it. Water temperatures are much cooler southwest of Baja California Sur. This is another factor that weakens tropical cyclones that approach. For a hurricane to impact cabo San Lucas, it must occur when the water is warm during the latter summer and autumn months. It must also approach from the south over this warmer water. This was the case in september of 2014 when Hurricane Odile caused considerable damage.

Cabo San Lucas Temperatures
Summertime high temperatures are hot with readings in the low to mid 90's. Record highs are range from 105 to 108 degrees during the summer and early autumn months. Low temperatures are generally in the low to mid 70's. Winter has comfortable high temperatures with readings in the upper 70's. Overnight lows are in the mid 50's on average. Occasionally it can be cold with record lows in the 30's during February and March.

Cabo San Lucas Travel Weather Summary
Cabo San Lucas has a dry climate most of the year with lots of sunshine. Occasional summertime thundershowers or a passing tropical cyclone can bring scattered showers or thunderstorms. Rain sometimes occurs in the winter when a stronger than usual cold front passes through the Baja. Winter is the most pleasant time of year in Cabo with mild temperatures.

Sunrise / Sunset Times (All times are for the first day of each month)

Cabo San Lucas

Month

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Sunrise

7:01

6:59

6:41

7:12

6:47

6:34

6:38

6:51

7:02

7:11

6:25

6:44

Sunset

5:46

6:08

6:23

7:35

7:47

8:01

8:09

8:01

7:37

7:06

5:42

5:34

Cabo San Lucas travel weather quick summary -

Cabo San Lucas travel weather - hottest months: June - October
Cabo San Lucas travel weather - coolest months: December, January, February
Cabo San Lucas travel weather - wettest months: August, September, October
Cabo San Lucas travel weather - driest months: February - June

Cabo San Lucas
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average High	78	79	80	84	87	89	92	93	91	90	85	80
Record High	97	99	99	106	104	107	106	108	111	106	99	99
Average Low	55	55	56	60	63	66	73	76	75	71	64	58
Record Low	40	35	43	45	44	M	55	57	61	52	49	41
Days of Rain	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	2	1	1
Average Rainfall	0.46"	0.13"	0.07"	0.05"	0.00"	0.00"	0.52"	1.91"	3.24"	1.27"	0.45"	0.57"

Climatology courtesy of the Mexico National Weather Service.