Los Cabos vs Zanzibar

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

Thatched-roof pavilion with blue curtains surrounded by palm trees, flowering plants, and a small pool at The Palms Zanzibar.

Los Cabos and Zanzibar, 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 Zanzibar
Los Cabos	Measure	Zanzibar
Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution	U.S. travel advisory	Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
5	Resorts in our catalog	15 (better)
★ 4.6	Average guest rating	★ 4.6 (better)
$154–$1482/night pp	Nightly rates	$93–$723/night pp (better)
4 of 5	Adults-only resorts	0 of 15
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	Long rains mid-March to May (April is the wettest month), short rains in November
December–May for milder temperatures	Sweet spot	June to October and December to February
Los Cabos International (SJD), near San José del Cabo	Airport	Abeid Amani Karume (ZNZ); listed transfers run 40 to 97 minutes

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

Zanzibar

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Los Cabos and Zanzibar
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
Zanzibar · high °F	89	90	90	87	84	84	83	83	84	86	88	89
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
Zanzibar · rain (in)	3.0	2.4	5.9	15.3	7.8	1.9	1.1	1.4	2.0	3.5	8.0	5.5

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