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Cabo in April
Cabo in April: 83°F average highs, 62°F desert-cool nights, none · through easter week (semana santa) you're paying high-season prices — $$–$$$ hotels, packed medano beach, mexican domestic travelers booking months out. Crowds, hotel prices, when to book, and what's worth doing.
April is the last breath of high season — warm, dry, brilliantly sunny, with humpback whales leaving mid-month and water warming past 72°F. The first two weeks stay packed and expensive thanks to Easter/Semana Santa, when Mexican families flood the beaches. But after Semana Santa ends, you hit the year's best value window: near-peak weather, emptying hotels, dropping prices, and the Corridor coves finally warm enough to snorkel without shivering. Book post-Easter if you want the shoulder-season sweet spot.
Updated September 2026
Temperature
83°F average highs, 62°F desert-cool nights — warm sun, dry air, zero rain
Wind
Light breezes — the March winds have eased, mornings are calm and glassy
Rain
None. April is bone-dry, peak desert sunshine, 350-day-a-year streak intact
Crowds & prices
Through Easter week (Semana Santa) you're paying high-season prices — $$–$$$ hotels, packed Medano Beach, Mexican domestic travelers booking months out. After Easter the bottom drops: shoulder pricing kicks in, resorts discount unsold inventory, and the Corridor coves suddenly have empty lounge chairs. If you can shift your dates two weeks later, you'll save 30–40 percent and still get the same blue skies and warm water.
When to book
Pre-Easter: book flights and hotels 3–6 months out or pay a premium. Post-Easter (mid-to-late April): you can book 4–8 weeks out and catch shoulder discounts as high season empties. The window flips fast.
Our getting-there guide covers flights to Cabo plus a cheapest-fare-by-month table to sanity-check April flight prices.
What to do
What April is made for.
On the calendar
- Semana Santa (Easter week) — peak Mexican domestic travel
Pack for April
- Reef-safe sunscreen — desert sun, zero cloud cover, UV index stays brutal
- Light layers for 62°F desert evenings and air-conditioned restaurants
- Swimsuit that dries fast — warm days, multiple dips, low humidity
- Hat and sunglasses — no afternoon storms to break the glare
- Water shoes for rocky Corridor cove entries
- Cash pesos for better prices post-Easter when vendors start discounting
Know before you go
- Avoid Easter week (Semana Santa) unless you booked months ago — hotels triple-book, Medano turns into a sardine can, and prices spike
- Target the last two weeks of April for the year's best deal: high-season weather at shoulder prices, empty beaches, and warm snorkel water
- Whale-watch early in the month — the humpbacks clear out mid-April and you won't see another fluke until December
- Hit Chileno or Santa María mid-morning post-Easter — the tour boats thin out and you'll have the coves nearly to yourself
- Book snorkel and sunset cruises the day before, not weeks out — post-Easter inventory opens up and last-minute deals appear
- Pay in pesos after Semana Santa ends — vendors who were flush with Easter cash start discounting for shoulder season
- Pack a light jacket for evening — 62°F desert nights feel cooler than the daytime 83°F would suggest
Going in April? Get a plan built around it.
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