Los Cabos vs Montego Bay

Oceanfront wedding ceremony setup at Le Blanc Spa Resort Los Cabos with white chairs, stone archway, and sea views.

Beachfront dining area at JOIA Rose Hall by Iberostar with wooden tables, white chairs, cream umbrellas, and a tall palm tree, with the resort building and bar in the background.

Los Cabos and Montego Bay, 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.

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By the numbers

Los Cabos compared with Montego Bay
Los Cabos	Measure	Montego Bay
Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution	U.S. travel advisory	Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
1	Resorts in our catalog	7 (better)
★ 4.6 (better)	Average guest rating	★ 4.5
–	Nightly rates	$120–$210/night pp
1 of 1	Adults-only resorts	4 of 7
Low hurricane risk (better)	Hurricane exposure	In the hurricane belt
Essentially just September, and briefly	Rainy season	May–June and September–November, mostly short afternoon bursts
October–June; whales December–April	Sweet spot	December–April
Los Cabos (SJD), Corridor resorts 20–45 min	Airport	Sangster (MBJ), most resorts 10–30 min
Adults-leaning luxury, golf, whale season, West Coast escapes	Best for	Short transfers, golf, first Jamaica trips
~2–3h from the US West Coast	Flight time	~3–4h from the US East Coast

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

Los Cabos

Montego Bay

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Los Cabos and Montego Bay
Measure	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Los Cabos · high °F	78	79	81	85	89	93	93	92	90	88	84	80
Montego Bay · high °F	82	82	83	84	86	88	88	88	88	87	85	83
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
Montego Bay · rain (in)	0.9	0.6	0.6	1.1	4.0	3.5	2.4	3.5	5.1	7.1	3.0	1.5

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