El Arco (Arch of Cabo San Lucas)
Natural rock arch at the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula, where the Pacific Ocean meets the Gulf of California. Boats and water taxis from the marina run past it.
Los Cabos
Whale watching, golf and the El Arco rock are what this desert-meets-sea resort area at Baja California's tip is famous for.
Attractive locations
Cabo Pulmo National Park
Marine park on the East Cape known for one of the healthiest coral reefs in the Gulf of California. Snorkelling and diving here show fish schools, turtles and rays, and the area is remote.
San José del Cabo Mission
Historic mission church beside the main plaza of San José del Cabo, founded by Spanish missionaries in the 1700s. The plaza and nearby streets make a pleasant walk in the old town.
Museum of Natural History, Cabo San Lucas
Small museum in Cabo San Lucas presenting the wildlife and natural history of Baja California Sur. A quiet indoor stop that helps explain the desert and marine environment around the resort towns.
Cabo San Lucas
A resort town at the tip of the Baja peninsula, with a busy marina, beaches and boat tours to the rock arch at Land's End. Whale watching is possible in winter.
Todos Santos
A quiet town on Baja's Pacific coast with art galleries, small shops and leafy streets around a central plaza. Surf beaches lie nearby, and it makes a relaxed day trip from Los Cabos.
Airports
Los Cabos International Airport SJD
It is about 10 km in a straight line from Los Cabos.
Cabo San Lucas International Airport CSW
It is about 26 km in a straight line from Los Cabos.
Manuel Márquez de León International Airport LAP
It is about 131 km in a straight line from Los Cabos.
Scams and safe taxis
Weather by month
Each month shows its average temperature in °C and its mm of rain per month.
- Jan21.2 °C9 mm
- Feb20.9 °C11 mm
- Mar21.5 °C3 mm
- Apr22.2 °C2 mm
- May23.2 °C1 mm
- Jun24.8 °C3 mm
- Jul27.5 °C19 mm
- Aug28.5 °C60 mm
- Sep28.2 °C99 mm
- Oct27.3 °C26 mm
- Nov25.1 °C18 mm
- Dec22.1 °C11 mm
Driest months: Mar, Apr, May, Jun. Wettest months: Aug, Sep, Oct.
Costs
Prices here are about 54% of US prices (World Bank, 2025). This compares a country's overall prices, not the cost of a trip.
Who can help
Emergency
911 for police, ambulance and fire.
local government
Angeles Verdes (Secretaria de Turismo) - line 078
Helps with: The tourism ministry's road-traveller line. Call 078 for minor roadside help, tourist information, or to have an emergency report passed to the right authority. Covers federal highways.
Who qualifies: Travellers on Mexico's federal highways, within the Angeles Verdes coverage area.
Phone: 078
Email: atencion078@sectur.gob.mx
ngo
Cruz Roja Mexicana (Mexican Red Cross)
Helps with: Mexico's national Red Cross society. Its site says it responds to disasters and medical emergencies and gives food, shelter, medical care and psychosocial support.
Who qualifies: People in Mexico affected by emergencies or disasters, or in need of its medical and humanitarian services.
local government
National Center for Disaster Prevention (CENAPRED)
Helps with: Mexico's national disaster prevention centre. It monitors the Popocatepetl volcano and publishes alert levels and public safety information.
Who qualifies: Anyone in Mexico looking for official disaster and volcano alert information.
Email: direcciongeneral@cenapred.unam.mx
un agency
International Organization for Migration (IOM) Mexico
Helps with: The UN migration agency, present in Mexico since 2004. It supports migrants, displaced people and returnees, including a campaign against trafficking of migrant women and girls.
Who qualifies: Migrants, displaced people and returnees. It is not a help service for ordinary tourists.
Phone: +52 55 5536 3922
Address: Avenida Presidente Masaryk 101, Piso 18, Colonia Polanco V Seccion, Miguel Hidalgo, CP 11560, Ciudad de Mexico
embassy
Foreign embassies in Mexico City (city government list, partial)
Helps with: For a lost passport or serious trouble, contact your own country's embassy. Mexico City's government page lists about 25 of the roughly 86 embassies, with address and phone.
Who qualifies: Citizens of each country, through their own embassy.
local government
Emergency number 911 (police, ambulance and fire)
Helps with: Reaches police, ambulance and fire services. UK government travel advice lists this number.
Who qualifies: Anyone in the country, including visitors.
Phone: 911