Climate averages 1991–2020
Cabo San Lucas weather
in March.
A warm, very dry month: the 10th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Cabo San Lucas: daytime highs average 25.5°C and nights cool to about 18.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 1.1 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes March a very dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 00 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is San José del Cabo (28 km away). In March its highs average 27.8°C, 2.3°C warmer than Cabo San Lucas, with 1.2 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Cabo San Lucas ranks joint 93rd of 153 for the warmest March highs and joint 1st of 153 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 153 cities is 26.5°C; Cabo San Lucas is 1.0°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 26.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 1.1 mm to under 1 mm.
The annual picture
March in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Cabo San Lucas climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.8°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 7.7 | 1.3 | 10.911 h |
| February | 24.9°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 8.5 | 0.9 | 11.411 h |
| March, selected | 25.5°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 1.1 | 0.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 26.4°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 12.713 h |
| May | 27.7°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 0.4 | 0.2 | 13.213 h |
| June | 28.6°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 5.3 | 0.6 | 13.514 h |
| July | 30.4°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 19 | 3.6 | 13.413 h |
| August | 31.1°C26.6°C | 26.6°C | 65 | 8.9 | 12.913 h |
| September | 30.5°C26.4°C | 26.4°C | 124 | 10.4 | 12.312 h |
| October | 30.4°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 24 | 3.0 | 11.612 h |
| November | 28.3°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 16 | 1.8 | 11.111 h |
| December | 25.7°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 9.8 | 0.9 | 10.811 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
March in nearby cities
- San José del Cabo in MarchMexico · 28 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 16.6°C · 1.2 mm rain
- La Paz, Mexico in MarchMexico · 145 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 15.9°C · 1.1 mm rain
- Guasave in MarchMexico · 332 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 14.4°C · 2.6 mm rain
- Culiacán in MarchMexico · 333 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 14.6°C · 2.9 mm rain
- Los Mochis in MarchMexico · 336 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 14.8°C · 1.7 mm rain
- Guamúchil in MarchMexico · 341 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 14.2°C · 4.0 mm rain
- Mazatlán in MarchMexico · 359 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 17.0°C · 3.2 mm rain
- Navojoa in MarchMexico · 467 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 13.5°C · 4.2 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Cabo San Lucas) is explained once on the Cabo San Lucas year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.