Cabo San Lucas International Airport

MMSL · Baja California Sur, Mexico

Climate Cabo San Lucas International Airport 2022-2024

Climate and trends: average temperature, flight conditions, precipitation, wind speed and direction.

Calculated from historical METAR data of Aeropuerto Internacional Gral. Rafael Buelna (MMMZ) between 2022 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022
January 94.3 97 96 89
February 95.9 93 99 98
March 93.3 92 95 94
April 81.2 91 63
May 91.9 100 81
June 83.3 85 81
July 88.8 90 87
August 95.4 96 94
September 92.4 94 89
October 89.0 88 91
November 95.4 96 95
December 90.2 99 68
Average 91.5 93.7 93.7 87.1

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 5 mi or more and a ceiling of 3,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022
January 98.7 100 100 96
February 98.2 97 100 98
March 95.0 95 95 94
April 87.0 91 80
May 95.9 100 91
June 97.7 100 94
July 98.6 99 98
August 98.8 99 99
September 100.0 100 100
October 95.2 95 96
November 99.4 99 100
December 92.6 99 77
Average 96.5 97.0 98.0 94.4

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 3⅛ mi or more and a ceiling of 1,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022
January 23.7 25 24 23
February 24.5 26 26 22
March 25.3 27 26 23
April 25.6 27 25
May 27.5 30 26
June 29.8 31 29
July 31.2 32 31
August 30.8 32 30
September 31.8 33 30
October 29.5 31 28
November 28.2 29 27
December 25.7 28 23
Average 27.1 25.8 28.9 26.5

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022
January 16.5 18 15 17
February 16.3 18 17 14
March 16.5 17 17 16
April 18.4 19 18
May 22.0 23 21
June 25.8 26 26
July 26.4 27 26
August 26.0 27 26
September 26.1 27 26
October 24.7 26 24
November 19.8 22 17
December 18.0 19 16
Average 20.1 17.6 22.0 20.7

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022
January 0.0 0 0 0
February 3.5 8 0 0
March 0.0 0 0 0
April 0.0 0 0
May 0.0 0 0
June 1.5 0 4
July 4.8 3 8
August 1.7 1 3
September 0.0 0 0
October 7.5 9 4
November 0.5 1 0
December 0.0 0 0
Average 1.8 2.6 1.3 1.5

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (knots)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022
January 2.9 2 3 4
February 3.1 3 4 3
March 4.7 4 5 5
April 4.0 4 4
May 5.0 6 4
June 5.5 6 5
July 3.8 3 5
August 3.4 3 4
September 2.7 3 3
October 3.3 4 3
November 2.8 2 4
December 2.1 2 3
Average 3.6 3.3 3.5 3.8

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2024 2023 2022
January 298° 273° 272°
February 272° 277° 275°
March 278° 268° 277°
April 265° 260°
May 272° 249°
June 259° 275°
July 270° 254°
August 278° 282°
September 289° 303°
October 180° 310°
November 286° 309°
December 312° 309°

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.