Los Cabos vs South Africa

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

Los Cabos and South Africa, 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 South Africa
Los Cabos	Measure	South Africa
Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution	U.S. travel advisory	Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
1 (better)	Resorts in our catalog	0
★ 4.6	Average guest rating	–
–	Nightly rates	–
1 of 1	Adults-only resorts	0 of 0
Low hurricane risk	Hurricane exposure	No hurricane season (better)
Essentially just September, and briefly	Rainy season	November–March (southern-hemisphere summer thunderstorms)
October–June; whales December–April	Sweet spot	April–September for dry, mild weather; also prime safari season inland
~2–3h from the US West Coast	Flight time	~15–17h from the US East Coast (often via Europe or the Gulf)

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

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South Africa

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Los Cabos and South Africa
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
South Africa · high °F	82	83	82	79	77	74	73	74	75	77	79	81
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
South Africa · rain (in)	5.3	4.8	4.8	2.9	2.2	1.1	1.5	1.9	2.9	4.3	4.8	4.0

Approximate climate normals for Cabo San Lucas / San José del Cabo and KwaZulu-Natal coast (Durban): planning guidance, not a forecast. A deeper tint is a higher number, read within its own row.