Climate averages 1991–2020
San José del Cabo weather
in August.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in San José del Cabo: daytime highs average 32.8°C and nights cool to about 26.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 73 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 56 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Cabo San Lucas (28 km away). In August its highs average 31.1°C, 1.7°C cooler than San José del Cabo, with 65 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, San José del Cabo ranks 28th of 153 for the warmest August highs and 35th of 153 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 153 cities is 27.9°C; San José del Cabo is 4.9°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 1.4°C to 31.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 73 mm to 140 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
San José del Cabo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.8°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 8.3 | 1.3 | 10.911 h |
| February | 26.4°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 8.4 | 0.8 | 11.411 h |
| March | 27.8°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 1.2 | 0.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 29.4°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 0.5 | 0.1 | 12.713 h |
| May | 31.2°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 0.4 | 0.2 | 13.213 h |
| June | 32.2°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 5.7 | 0.6 | 13.514 h |
| July | 33.1°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 21 | 3.7 | 13.413 h |
| August, selected | 32.8°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 73 | 9.1 | 12.913 h |
| September | 31.4°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 140 | 10.5 | 12.312 h |
| October | 31.8°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 25 | 3.1 | 11.612 h |
| November | 29.3°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 18 | 1.8 | 11.111 h |
| December | 26.2°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 9.2 | 1.1 | 10.711 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
August in nearby cities
- Cabo San Lucas in AugustMexico · 28 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 26.6°C · 65 mm rain
- La Paz, Mexico in AugustMexico · 136 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 25.9°C · 27 mm rain
- Culiacán in AugustMexico · 305 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 25.0°C · 178 mm rain
- Guasave in AugustMexico · 306 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 25.8°C · 114 mm rain
- Los Mochis in AugustMexico · 313 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 26.5°C · 92 mm rain
- Guamúchil in AugustMexico · 314 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 25.3°C · 166 mm rain
- Mazatlán in AugustMexico · 336 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 25.4°C · 184 mm rain
- Navojoa in AugustMexico · 447 kmHigh 35.6°C · Low 26.2°C · 104 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 San José del Cabo) is explained once on the San José del Cabo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.