Los Cabos vs Portugal

Resort pool with loungers and umbrellas flanked by white buildings, ocean and coastline visible beyond.

Los Cabos and Portugal, 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

Los Cabos compared with Portugal
Los Cabos	Measure	Portugal
Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution	U.S. travel advisory	Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions (better)
4	Resorts in our catalog	16 (better)
★ 4.6 (better)	Average guest rating	★ 4.4
$117–$878/night pp	Nightly rates	$47–$333/night pp (better)
3 of 4	Adults-only resorts	0 of 16
In the hurricane belt	Hurricane exposure	No hurricane season (better)
Summer and fall storms can bring heavy rain; the desert setting does not rule out disruption	Rainy season	November–March
December–May for milder temperatures	Sweet spot	June–September (the ocean stays refreshingly cool all year)

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

Portugal

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Los Cabos and Portugal
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
Portugal · high °F	61	62	65	68	72	79	84	84	80	74	67	62
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
Portugal · rain (in)	3.1	2.6	1.6	1.5	0.8	0.2	0.1	0.2	1.1	2.6	3.3	3.9

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