Los Cabos vs Negril

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

Swim-up bar with bartender serving drinks in resort pool surrounded by white cabanas, palm trees, and high-rise buildings under clear sky.

Los Cabos and Negril, 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 Negril
Los Cabos	Measure	Negril
Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution	U.S. travel advisory	Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
1	Resorts in our catalog	6 (better)
★ 4.6 (better)	Average guest rating	★ 4.5
–	Nightly rates	$127–$258/night pp
1 of 1	Adults-only resorts	3 of 6
Low hurricane risk (better)	Hurricane exposure	In the hurricane belt
Essentially just September, and briefly	Rainy season	May–June and September–November
October–June; whales December–April	Sweet spot	December–April, with a sunset every night of the year
Los Cabos (SJD), Corridor resorts 20–45 min	Airport	Sangster (MBJ), ~75–90 min transfer
Adults-leaning luxury, golf, whale season, West Coast escapes	Best for	Beach purists, couples, long unhurried stays

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

Negril

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Los Cabos and Negril
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
Negril · high °F	83	83	84	85	87	89	89	89	88	87	86	84
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
Negril · rain (in)	0.8	0.6	0.7	1.3	4.2	3.8	2.6	3.8	5.5	7.0	3.2	1.4

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