Climate averages 1991–2020
Cabo San Lucas weather
in May.
A warm, very dry month: the 7th warmest and one of the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Cabo San Lucas: daytime highs average 27.7°C and nights cool to about 21.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical May (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 14 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is San José del Cabo (28 km away). In May its highs average 31.2°C, 3.5°C warmer than Cabo San Lucas, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Cabo San Lucas ranks 110th of 153 for the warmest May highs and joint 3rd of 153 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 153 cities is 29.6°C; Cabo San Lucas is 2.0°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 1.0°C to 28.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 5.3 mm.
The annual picture
May 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 | 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- San José del Cabo in MayMexico · 28 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 20.6°C · 0.4 mm rain
- La Paz, Mexico in MayMexico · 145 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 18.7°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Guasave in MayMexico · 332 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 19.0°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Culiacán in MayMexico · 333 kmHigh 35.6°C · Low 19.6°C · 1.2 mm rain
- Los Mochis in MayMexico · 336 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 19.5°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Guamúchil in MayMexico · 341 kmHigh 35.4°C · Low 19.3°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Mazatlán in MayMexico · 359 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 20.7°C · 0.6 mm rain
- Navojoa in MayMexico · 467 kmHigh 36.3°C · Low 19.1°C · 0.8 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.