Cabo San Lucas facts

• Cabo San Lucas, commonly called Cabo, is a city at the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula, in the municipality of Los Cabos in the Mexican state of Baja California Sur.
• Cabo is known for its sandy beaches, several world-class Scuba diving locations, balnearios and the distinctive sea arch El Arco de Cabo San Lucas.
• Cabo San Lucas has become an important vacation and spa destination, with a great variety of sites of interest, and timeshares that have been built on the coast between San Lucas and San José del Cabo.
• Cabo San Lucas has the largest marlin tournament in the world.
• U.S. Dollars are widely accepted in Cabo.
• The majority of inhabitants (70-80 percent) in Cabo San Lucas is of American origins, thus Americans may outnumbered locals.
• The legal drinking age in Mexico is 18 years old.
• Cabo San Lucas is less rainy than San José del Cabo although hurricanes can bring heavy rain for large periods.
• Cabo San Lucas is on Mountain Standard Time, 1 hour ahead of the west coast, and 2 hours behind the east coast.
• Average rain in the year: 9.63 inches or 244.7mm