Winter: December to February
Dry and mild, with highs of about 78 °F (25 °C) in January and evenings near 62 °F (17 °C). Whales are in season, and February had the fullest hotels of 2025 (81%), with Christmas and New Year’s weeks fuller still.
Los Cabos · month by month
Best Time to Visit Cabo: Weather, Water and Crowds by Month
Air and sea temperatures, rain, storm odds, whale and fishing seasons and how full the hotels get, month by month.
Photo: Adrián De Antoni
The short answer
For most trips, the best time to visit Cabo is November to May. Those months are dry, with fewer than two rainy days a month in Cabo San Lucas, and warm: daytime highs run from about 78 °F (25 °C) in January to 86 °F (30 °C) in May. Whales are in season from mid-December to April. July is the hottest month, August and September the wettest, and August to October the quietest, with the year’s highest odds of a tropical storm.
Cabo, month by month
Averages for Cabo San Lucas. Tap a month with a link for its full guide. Whale dates come from the latest federal notice (2025–26); fishing follows our fishing zones guide; hotel occupancy is the 2025 monthly figure for Los Cabos from DataTur, Mexico’s tourism data service (preliminary).
| Month | Air high / low | Sea | Rainy days | Storm odds, 7-day stay | Whale season | Fishing | Hotel occupancy, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 78 °F / 62 °F 25 °C / 17 °C | 73 °F 23 °C | 0.8 | 0% | In season | Striped marlin, sierra | 76% |
| February | 79 °F / 63 °F 26 °C / 17 °C | 70 °F 21 °C | 0.7 | 0% | In season | Striped marlin, sierra | 81% |
| March | 81 °F / 64 °F 27 °C / 18 °C | 70 °F 21 °C | 0.4 | 0% | In season | Striped marlin, sierra | 80% |
| April | 84 °F / 67 °F 29 °C / 20 °C | 71 °F 22 °C | 0.1 | 0% | Until Apr 30 | Last striped marlin; roosterfish begins | 74% |
| May | 86 °F / 70 °F 30 °C / 21 °C | 74 °F 23 °C | 0.3 | 0% | – | Roosterfish | 69% |
| June | 87 °F / 74 °F 31 °C / 24 °C | 77 °F 25 °C | 1.5 | 4% | – | Dorado, tuna, wahoo, blue and black marlin begin | 77% |
| July | 91 °F / 79 °F 33 °C / 26 °C | 83 °F 29 °C | 3.4 | 8% | – | Dorado, tuna, wahoo, blue and black marlin | 76% |
| August | 90 °F / 80 °F 32 °C / 27 °C | 87 °F 30 °C | 7.6 | 17.3% | – | Dorado, tuna, wahoo, blue and black marlin | 61% |
| September | 89 °F / 79 °F 31 °C / 26 °C | 86 °F 30 °C | 8.7 | 20% | – | Dorado, tuna, wahoo, blue and black marlin | 49% |
| October | 88 °F / 76 °F 31 °C / 24 °C | 85 °F 30 °C | 3.3 | 13.3% | – | Dorado, tuna, wahoo, blue and black marlin | 67% |
| November | 85 °F / 70 °F 29 °C / 21 °C | 81 °F 27 °C | 1.5 | 2.7% | – | Last dorado, tuna and blue marlin; striped marlin begins | 77% |
| December | 80 °F / 65 °F 27 °C / 18 °C | 78 °F 26 °C | 0.9 | 0% | From Dec 15 | Striped marlin, sierra | 76% |
The seasons at a glance
Spring: March to May
The driest stretch of the year: 0.1 rainy days on average in April. Highs climb to about 86 °F (30 °C) by May, and March is the busiest month at Los Cabos airport.
Summer: June to August
Hot, with highs of about 91 °F (33 °C) in July and the sea at about 87 °F (30 °C) by August. The rain arrives (7.6 rainy days in August), and storm odds start to climb.
Fall: September to November
September has the most rain (8.7 days) and the highest storm odds of the year (20%), and it is the quietest month: hotel occupancy was 49% in 2025. By November the rain fades and the sea is still about 81 °F (27 °C).
Plan around what matters to you
- Whales: the latest federal notice set the Los Cabos season from December 15 to April 30. See our whale-watching guide.
- Hurricanes: the eastern Pacific season runs from May 15 to November 30, and our storm odds peak from August to October. Live status is on our hurricane season guide.
- Fishing: striped marlin in the cooler months; dorado, tuna, wahoo and blue marlin from summer to November. Zone by zone in our fishing zones guide.
- Crowds: hotels were fullest in February and March and emptiest in September in 2025; the weeks of Christmas and New Year are the busiest of all.
- Swimming: the sea is warmest from August to October, at about 86 °F (30 °C). Check which beaches are safe in our beach guide.
Month guides
Frequently asked questions
When is the rainy season in Cabo?
Most of the year’s rain falls from July to October. September averages 8.7 rainy days in Cabo San Lucas, against fewer than one a month from December to May.
When is hurricane season in Cabo?
The eastern Pacific season runs from May 15 to November 30. In the record since 1949, the odds of a tropical storm passing near Los Cabos during a week’s stay peak in September at 20%.
How warm is the water in Cabo?
In Cabo San Lucas the sea averages about 70 °F (21 °C) in February, the coolest month, and about 87 °F (30 °C) in August, the warmest.
Weather data by Open-Meteo.com, licensed CC BY 4.0: air temperatures and rainy days (1 mm or more) are averages of daily records from 2015 to 2025, and sea surface temperatures of 2022 to 2025. Storm odds: the highest chance in the month that a tropical storm or stronger passed within 200 km of Los Cabos during a 7-day stay, from the NOAA National Hurricane Center best-track record (HURDAT2), 1949–2023 (75 seasons). See our hurricane season guide for live storm status.
Other sources: DOF · Whale-watching season notice 2025–26 · DataTur (SECTUR) · Hotel occupancy · GAP · Monthly passenger traffic, SJD · NOAA NHC · Tropical cyclone climatology. Checked October 14, 2026.