Destinations · Head-to-head
Los Cabos vs Thailand
Los Cabos and Thailand, 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.
Los Cabos guide · Thailand guide · How we score
By the numbers
| Los Cabos | Measure | Thailand |
|---|---|---|
| Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution | U.S. travel advisory | Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions (better) |
| 1 | Resorts in our catalog | 8 (better) |
| ★ 4.6 (better) | Average guest rating | ★ 4.5 |
| – | Nightly rates | $36–$247/night pp |
| 1 of 1 | Adults-only resorts | 0 of 8 |
| Low hurricane risk | Hurricane exposure | Low hurricane risk |
| Essentially just September, and briefly | Rainy season | May–October, wettest September–October |
| October–June; whales December–April | Sweet spot | November–April (the Gulf side, Koh Samui, runs on a different clock; wettest October–December) |
| ~2–3h from the US West Coast | Flight time | ~20–24h from the US with one stop |
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
Thailand
Weather, month by month
| 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 |
| Thailand · high °F | 89 | 90 | 91 | 91 | 89 | 88 | 88 | 88 | 87 | 87 | 87 | 88 |
| 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 |
| Thailand · rain (in) | 1.4 | 1.2 | 2.3 | 4.3 | 13.5 | 8.7 | 10.2 | 10.5 | 15.5 | 12.1 | 7.1 | 3.0 |
Approximate climate normals for Cabo San Lucas / San José del Cabo and Phuket / Andaman coast: planning guidance, not a forecast. A deeper tint is a higher number, read within its own row.
Where you'd actually stay
Chains here: Le Blanc Spa Resorts / Palace Resorts
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