Climate averages 1991–2020
San José del Cabo weather
in March.
A warm, very dry month: the 9th 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 San José del Cabo: daytime highs average 27.8°C and nights cool to about 16.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 1.2 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 Cabo San Lucas (28 km away). In March its highs average 25.5°C, 2.3°C cooler than San José del Cabo, with 1.1 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, San José del Cabo ranks joint 55th of 153 for the warmest March highs and 3rd of 153 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 153 cities is 26.5°C; San José del Cabo is 1.3°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 1.5°C to 29.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 1.2 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
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, selected | 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 | 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
March in nearby cities
- Cabo San Lucas in MarchMexico · 28 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 18.5°C · 1.1 mm rain
- La Paz, Mexico in MarchMexico · 136 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 15.9°C · 1.1 mm rain
- Culiacán in MarchMexico · 305 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 14.6°C · 2.9 mm rain
- Guasave in MarchMexico · 306 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 14.4°C · 2.6 mm rain
- Los Mochis in MarchMexico · 313 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 14.8°C · 1.7 mm rain
- Guamúchil in MarchMexico · 314 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 14.2°C · 4.0 mm rain
- Mazatlán in MarchMexico · 336 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 17.0°C · 3.2 mm rain
- Navojoa in MarchMexico · 447 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 San José del Cabo) is explained once on the San José del Cabo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.