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Quito vs Cabo San Lucas

Cfb Oceanic / temperateBWh Hot desert

Comparing Quito change · Cabo San Lucas change

Bottom line

Cabo San Lucas is the warmer of the two — about 6°C on the annual average; Quito is the wetter, with 2781 mm more rain a year, and Cabo San Lucas the sunnier.

Warmer Cabo San Lucas 6°C on the year
Wetter Quito 2781 mm 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 6°C on the annual average.

0°10°20°30°40°50° JanAprJulOct QuitoCabo San Lucas

Precipitation

Quito is the wetter — about 2781 mm more across the year.

PRECIPITATION (mm) 0170340 JanAprJulOct QuitoCabo San Lucas

Clear skies

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

0%25%50%75%100% JanAprJulOct QuitoCabo San Lucas

Exact monthly numbers

Tap a metric to open its full table. Desktop shows all twelve months; on a phone each metric splits into Jan–Jun and Jul–Dec.

Avg high (°C) Cabo San Lucas runs higher most of the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Quito222222232324242525232322
Cabo San Lucas272729303233343534333027
Difference+5+5+6+8+9+9+10+10+9+10+8+5
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Quito222222232324
Cabo San Lucas272729303233
Difference+5+5+6+8+9+9
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Quito242525232322
Cabo San Lucas343534333027
Difference+10+10+9+10+8+5
Avg low (°C) Cabo San Lucas runs higher most of the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Quito141414141413121213131313
Cabo San Lucas131314151719222423211814
Difference-1-1—+1+3+6+10+12+11+8+4+1
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Quito141414141413
Cabo San Lucas131314151719
Difference-1-1—+1+3+6
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Quito121213131313
Cabo San Lucas222423211814
Difference+10+12+11+8+4+1
Precipitation (mm) Quito runs higher most of the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Quito294281334329270166126129219286303309
Cabo San Lucas65100088511025177
Difference-288-276-332-329-269-166-118-44-109-260-286-302
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Quito294281334329270166
Cabo San Lucas651000
Difference-288-276-332-329-269-166
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Quito126129219286303309
Cabo San Lucas88511025177
Difference-118-44-109-260-286-302
Cloud cover (%) Quito runs higher most of the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Quito818488858175727175818181
Cabo San Lucas434034372831445148313849
Difference-38-44-54-48-53-45-27-20-27-50-44-32
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Quito818488858175
Cabo San Lucas434034372831
Difference-38-44-54-48-53-45
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Quito727175818181
Cabo San Lucas445148313849
Difference-27-20-27-50-44-32
Relative humidity (%) Quito runs higher most of the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Quito868787868481787576808284
Cabo San Lucas636362616165687175686564
Difference-23-24-25-26-23-16-9-3-1-12-17-20
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Quito868787868481
Cabo San Lucas636362616165
Difference-23-24-25-26-23-16
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Quito787576808284
Cabo San Lucas687175686564
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.

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.

How we build these numbers →

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