Canary Islands vs Los Cabos

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Canary Islands15 resorts · ★ 4.6 average

Canary Islands and Los Cabos, side by side: live travel advisories, our resort catalog's real guest data, and each destination's honest weather picture. Everything you need to break the tie.

By the numbers

Canary Islands compared with Los Cabos
Canary Islands	Measure	Los Cabos
Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution	U.S. travel advisory	Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
15 (better)	Resorts in our catalog	3
★ 4.6	Average guest rating	★ 4.6 (better)
$83–$260/night pp (better)	Nightly rates	$117–$878/night pp
3 of 15	Adults-only resorts	2 of 3
No hurricane season (better)	Hurricane exposure	Low hurricane risk
November–February, lightly, and mostly on the north coasts	Rainy season	Essentially just September, and briefly
Year-round; December–March is when the islands earn their keep, and summer is the value season	Sweet spot	October–June; whales December–April
Winter sun, a spring-like year-round climate, big well-run resorts	Best for	Adults-leaning luxury, golf, whale season, West Coast escapes

Advisory levels sync from travel.state.gov; catalog figures reflect the resorts we've researched, not every hotel in the country. A marked row is one we are willing to call; rows without a mark are a matter of taste, or we have no comparable figure for both sides.

On the map

Canary Islands

Los Cabos

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Canary Islands and Los Cabos
Measure	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Canary Islands · high °F	70	71	73	74	76	79	83	84	82	79	75	71
Los Cabos · high °F	78	79	81	85	89	93	93	92	90	88	84	80
Canary Islands · rain (in)	1.2	0.9	0.7	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.6	1.1	1.3
Los Cabos · rain (in)	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.9	1.6	4.0	1.0	0.4	0.6

Approximate climate normals for Tenerife South and Cabo San Lucas / San José del Cabo: planning guidance, not a forecast. A deeper tint is a higher number, read within its own row.