Climate averages 1991–2020
Cabo San Lucas weather
in October.
A hot, fairly dry month: the joint 3rd warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Cabo San Lucas: daytime highs average 30.4°C and nights cool to about 25.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 24 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 38 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is San José del Cabo (28 km away). In October its highs average 31.8°C, 1.4°C warmer than Cabo San Lucas, with 25 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Cabo San Lucas ranks joint 17th of 153 for the warmest October highs and 18th of 153 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 153 cities is 25.7°C; Cabo San Lucas is 4.7°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 2.1°C to 28.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 24 mm to 16 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- San José del Cabo in OctoberMexico · 28 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 23.5°C · 25 mm rain
- La Paz, Mexico in OctoberMexico · 145 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 22.9°C · 13 mm rain
- Guasave in OctoberMexico · 332 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 22.1°C · 33 mm rain
- Culiacán in OctoberMexico · 333 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 21.9°C · 43 mm rain
- Los Mochis in OctoberMexico · 336 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 22.7°C · 26 mm rain
- Guamúchil in OctoberMexico · 341 kmHigh 33.8°C · Low 21.7°C · 35 mm rain
- Mazatlán in OctoberMexico · 359 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 23.8°C · 65 mm rain
- Navojoa in OctoberMexico · 467 kmHigh 34.8°C · Low 21.0°C · 31 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.