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Quito vs Cabo San Lucas

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Comparing Quito change · Cabo San Lucas change

Bottom line

Cabo San Lucas is the warmer of the two — about 11°F on the annual average; Quito is the wetter, with 109 in more rain a year, and Cabo San Lucas the sunnier.

Warmer Cabo San Lucas 11°F on the year

Wetter Quito 109 in more a year

Sunnier Cabo San Lucas 40 pp less cloud

Winter nights About the same winter lows close to each other

How the seasons compare

The differences between Quito and Cabo San Lucas, in everyday terms.

Summers

Cabo San Lucas has far hotter summers

Quito: Mild
Cabo San Lucas: Hot

Winters

Winters are similar

Quito: Mild
Cabo San Lucas: Mild

Rain & snow

Quito is much wetter

Quito: Very wet
Cabo San Lucas: Fairly dry

Sky

Cabo San Lucas is far sunnier

Quito: Often grey
Cabo San Lucas: Fairly sunny

Month-by-month charts

Temperature

Cabo San Lucas is the warmer of the two — about 11°F on the annual average.

Precipitation

Quito is the wetter — about 109 in more across the year.

Clear skies

Cabo San Lucas has the clearer skies — the higher line.

Exact monthly numbers

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Avg high (°F) Cabo San Lucas runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Quito	72	71	72	73	74	75	76	77	76	74	73	72
Cabo San Lucas	80	81	83	86	90	91	94	94	93	92	87	81
Difference	+8	+9	+12	+14	+16	+16	+18	+18	+16	+18	+14	+9

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Quito	72	71	72	73	74	75
Cabo San Lucas	80	81	83	86	90	91
Difference	+8	+9	+12	+14	+16	+16

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Quito	76	77	76	74	73	72
Cabo San Lucas	94	94	93	92	87	81
Difference	+18	+18	+16	+18	+14	+9

Avg low (°F) Cabo San Lucas runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Quito	56	57	58	58	57	55	54	54	55	56	56	56
Cabo San Lucas	55	55	57	60	62	65	72	75	74	70	64	57
Difference	-1	-2	-1	+2	+5	+10	+19	+21	+19	+15	+8	+1

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Quito	56	57	58	58	57	55
Cabo San Lucas	55	55	57	60	62	65
Difference	-1	-2	-1	+2	+5	+10

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Quito	54	54	55	56	56	56
Cabo San Lucas	72	75	74	70	64	57
Difference	+19	+21	+19	+15	+8	+1

Precipitation (in) Quito runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Quito	11.6	11.1	13.1	13	10.6	6.6	5	5.1	8.6	11.2	11.9	12.2
Cabo San Lucas	0.2	0.2	0.1	0	0	0	0.3	3.4	4.3	1	0.7	0.3
Difference	-11.4	-10.9	-13.1	-13	-10.6	-6.5	-4.7	-1.7	-4.3	-10.2	-11.3	-11.9

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Quito	11.6	11.1	13.1	13	10.6	6.6
Cabo San Lucas	0.2	0.2	0.1	0	0	0
Difference	-11.4	-10.9	-13.1	-13	-10.6	-6.5

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Quito	5	5.1	8.6	11.2	11.9	12.2
Cabo San Lucas	0.3	3.4	4.3	1	0.7	0.3
Difference	-4.7	-1.7	-4.3	-10.2	-11.3	-11.9

Cloud cover (%) Quito runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Quito	81	84	88	85	81	75	72	71	75	81	81	81
Cabo San Lucas	43	40	34	37	28	31	44	51	48	31	38	49
Difference	-38	-44	-54	-48	-53	-45	-27	-20	-27	-50	-44	-32

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Quito	81	84	88	85	81	75
Cabo San Lucas	43	40	34	37	28	31
Difference	-38	-44	-54	-48	-53	-45

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Quito	72	71	75	81	81	81
Cabo San Lucas	44	51	48	31	38	49
Difference	-27	-20	-27	-50	-44	-32

Relative humidity (%) Quito runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Quito	86	87	87	86	84	81	78	75	76	80	82	84
Cabo San Lucas	63	63	62	61	61	65	68	71	75	68	65	64
Difference	-23	-24	-25	-26	-23	-16	-9	-3	-1	-12	-17	-20

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Quito	86	87	87	86	84	81
Cabo San Lucas	63	63	62	61	61	65
Difference	-23	-24	-25	-26	-23	-16

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Quito	78	75	76	80	82	84
Cabo San Lucas	68	71	75	68	65	64
Difference	-9	-3	-1	-12	-17	-20

How both climates are changing

Both cities are warming. Each city has its own warming trend; see its trends page for the year-by-year detail. Quito trends → · Cabo San Lucas trends →

Methodology & sources

Quito

Temperature & precipitation — modelled for this location from ERA5-Land reanalysis, a ~9 km global grid, because no long-record weather station is close enough to use.

Cloud, humidity, wind & sunshine — modelled estimates from NASA POWER, NASA's satellite-and-reanalysis climatology. This is the standard global source for atmospheric variables, which are not measured at most weather stations.

Cabo San Lucas

Temperature & precipitation — the official 1991–2020 climate normals from CONAGUA / SMN, Mexico's national weather service, measured at Cabo San Lucas, inside the city.

How we build these numbers →

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