Read my full breakdown of the differences between San Jose del Cabo vs Cabo San Lucas and find out which is the right one for your here: www.eternal-expat.com/2021/07/20/cabo-san-lucas-vs-san-jose-del-cabo/

Have been visiting Los Cabos since 2008 - and you can definitely feel the difference between the two towns. San Jose del Cabo is, hands down, our preferred spot - more relaxed, more traditional Mexican and less “commercial.” It is VERY safe, friendly and the downtown street and sidewalk improvements have made a huge difference. Just got home after two weeks in February - and headed back for two more weeks over Thanksgiving holiday. Love it there!!! (Your reviews are great!)

I’m in the process of applying for my permanent residence visa. Since my lawyer is in Cabo, I made the decision to spend my first 6 month’s in San Jose del Cabo to get my bearings. Your videos have helped me validate my decision. Thank you.

I'm so happy that you'll be staying put for a while. It looks like a beautiful town and I am so looking forward to seeing the activities you take part in there and the food that you eat.

I own a condo in the Aloha condos, right across from the Barcelo in SJC. Good review. You've pointed out some important differences between the two places. But- and you can't comment on this, as its off because of Covid right now, is that in Cabo San Lucas, you get innundated with tourists off the cruise ships. The marina area and downtown become crazy busy on "cruise ship days" , which is often. Thank you for remembering that not all tourists are in their 20's and are looking for a big drunk on the beach. Good videos!

I spent time in San Jose del Cabo 30 years ago. It was grand, it's changed but a real fusion of cultures exists. U make me wanna return. Nice vid, as always!

This was exactly what I needed and was very helpful - thank you. Traveling to the area in a couple weeks!

My wife loves your hat! Remember a day trip to snorkel Cabo Pulmo. If I recall, there are three areas; Cabo Pulmo (where the tours seemed to disembark), Arbores (which we did and was fantastic) and then Frailes (not as good) but they had a bunch of free camping in the arroyo.

Your personality is enjoyable. Very informative. Yes, I would lean more in favor of San José del Cabo

Love, love, love San Jose del Cabo. Was there in January and wanted to stay there longer. New Cabo is for tourists and San Jose is for peeps like us. Keep up the great work.

Wow, I want one of those Civichi's SJ Del Cabo here I come! Thanks for showing us the details!

Over four decades ago, I came to capture my first fishing jackpot here. Dad taught me well and now I need two hands to count them. I was hooked in more than one way and now it’s home full-time. You did a great job in the comparison, the only thing I might add is the weather is somewhat cooler in San Lucas, especially on the Pacific side, when the wind blows.👍

I was in SJC in Jan. of '98 and loved the small town feel, and fresh air. But then I spent a day in Cabo and could not believe how polluted the air was. And that church, BTW, in SJC was a real source of pride for all the locals.

I would love to see a video of La Paz vs San Jose del Cabo. I'm considering a move down there and just wondering which would be better especially when it comes to outdoor activities. Thanks for the great videos.

Thank you!! Planning to visit in January!

Thanks Other than people that work there, I didn't think people "lived" there San Jose looks really nice

Thank you for this video. It is so helpful.

This was so helpful; thank you! I'm planning my wedding in Los Cabos and had been torn between the two cities.

I was born and raised in Los Cabos, but blessed to have the opportunity to work in Canada for years, San Jose del Cabo is more of a place to live a nice lay back life, but is seeing significant growth in population and new things to do. Cabo San Lucas is more of a party enviroment and higher end places to live, they do have the marina and the arch right away. If you are a fishing fan Cabos San Lucas would be more of a place to live, but it can also get loud at night time on highg season by the club area, anyway Ive been spending the last couple years on Cabo during winter time (Im a snowbird) and wouldnt change it for anything. The beaches in Los Cabos are so well preserved and will continue to be taht way as the we are highly tourist oriented

Thank you for this GREAT video. My wife and I were trying to figure which to visit. Looks like San Jose is it. We're older and not big on partying or nightlife

Good video you were spot on with your comparisons and description of both towns. San Jose Del Cabo definitely has more culture and character and charm then Cabo San Lucas. If you are a foodie like myself then definitely check out downtown San Jose Del Cabo. When we are in San Jose Del Cabo I really feel like I am in Mexico. Unfortunately, when in Cabo San Lucas I really don’t get the same feeling.

I’m staying in Cabo San Lucas next month and I wish I would of seen this when I booked the trip. Thank you for all the info!

Thanks for the video. The weather looks so nice there. In Xalapa its been raining and very cold for the locals.

Yeah I didn’t want to leave San Jose Del Cabo either. I considered living there and just flying back to LA occasionally for business. Only thing is it’s pretty pricey and much harder to find a good accommodation deal compared to the riviera maya.

San Lucas is great for a weekend you can’t remember and San José you will never forget.

We always stay in San Jose and take the bus or taxi into San Lucas for the day and chill in San Jose in the evening. Your spot on about the party environment between the two.

I absolutely love San Jose del Cabo. I have stayed there on 3 separate occasions and have always wanted to go back. I will and possibly go back to live!

I've been working in the tourism industry for years and want to try new things. Thanks for the information I want to relocate from Puerto Vallarta to Los Cabos to change my lifestyle.

So cool to find and follow your channel. Incredible how much you have done, I feel very welcome. Thank you.

Thats one thing I notice about cabo's food (I like it but it wasnt great ) so definitely I will come back and explore San Jose del Cabo

I'm heading down in 3 weeks! Thanks!

Hi Jim and Renee from Vancouver, Canada. We really enjoy your videos. We own a place in San Jose del Cabo and watched this video... and it really resonates with us why we chose SJDC over Cabo. Both wonderful but SJ is more authentic & chill plus we feel more comfortable there away from the tourist vibe. Thanks for sharing your travels as it helps connect us to the people, culture and lifestyle of Mexico we so dearly miss... as we are isolating at home here in Canada until we can travel south yet return home without the restrictions and costs... Be safe, and keep the videos coming. 👍🌴☀️

We have been to both and they are both lovely. Cabo is definitely a vacation no matter what your age. Go to The Office in Cabo for breakfast and you’ll see the older crowd. All aged enjoy Cabo, even me and I don’t drink or party at the bars. But if I bought a condo, I think I would pick San Jose. I live in Chicago and we would never live in a tourist hot spot. But that being said, there are gorgeous condos and homes available in Cabo away from the crazy night life. I have many recommendations for you including visiting Flora Farms in San José. Sign up online for the farm tour before lunch or dinner. I enjoy going for lunch but now I hear they have breakfast.

Have been to both. Im with you, San Jose more authentic atmosphere and I thought the food was better. Loved it Thanks for your video.

I live in San José and I like the way you see our City and your opinión. Thank you

Hi. My wife and I are considering Mexico for retirement. We have been to San Miguel de Allende (loved it), and are planning a trip to Los Cabos very soon. We have been following your travels all over Mexico and they are really helpful. Based on your comments (and our age & lifestyle), maybe we'll just skip Cabo and concentrate on San Jose del Cabo. Could you do a video on the grocery shopping experience. Maybe compare and contrast between the small mom & pop stores versus the big box merchants like Costco and Walmart which also exist there. We're also avid tennis players and were wondering what the tennis scene is like down there. Keep up the good work. Thanks.

Your Spanish pronunciation has improved so much - you sound like a native speaker now! Do you attribute that to your work on Baselang?

We are going back for the 3rd time to Cabo next July. This time around we will definitely head to San Jose Del Cabo and spend a few days there.

I have fished a lot out of San Jose. Really loved it.

Ugh this video makes me miss the baja. I stayed a few months in todos santos on a mango ranch in 2016. We had a rental car so got to experience la Paz along with los Cabo and San Jose del Cabo 🙌🏻

Awesome video.... Los Cabos used to be humiliatingly expesive for Mexicans. At least It used to be when I visited it. We stayed at HACIENDAS DEL MAR Sheraton. Have fun. The kids are waiting for your visit anxiously. Hahaha. I sent you an email. Hugs for you and Luke.

So happy I found your site. Learning a lot which is going to help us narrow down where we want to buy a house. Haven't been down there s once 1971 when it was nothing but a fishing destination! Airport was nothing but dirt! How times change. Keep up the great reporting!

I visited those towns a long time ago. I remember that almost every product sold was from the U.S., it was like being in another country, not in Mexico. Passengers on flights from Baja California Sur arrived at the international gate because they needed to go through customs. Those towns were much smaller. Now the whole area looks like a mall to me. It looks very different. There are videos from the 1940s-80s of that area on youtube. Probably you would notice the difference.

Hello Laura, I love your vídeo... thank You !!! it is amazing , I was born here , My parents too, so , I just wanted to Say that the climate is different in both , You can feel the diferencie in the middle of the corridor , San José has more humidity and is more hot too and San Lucas there more wind almost all year , but in February and March is too much wind ...that is it!! Thank You ...

We arrive on 2/11 and can’t wait to get back to El Toro Guerro in San Jose. If you haven’t been there please try it

Thank you for this video. It answered many of my questions. Can you comment further on vibe of various sections of del Cabo?

Great video! Thanks for all the info!! Can't wait to visit!

Our family has been in both places but stayed in Cabo but it was in 1996 and I'm sure a lot has changed a lot we loved it we stayed in a small place behind the Las Gloria's Hotel.it was great they had a little courtyard too but no pool but we went down to the Beach everyday and took the Betty boat

You are the best!!

San Lucas gets the big cruise ships and this really changes the vibe of the town

Would greatly appreciate a comparison video between La Paz and San Jose del Cabo video..

I REALLY appreciate your videos!

Definitely want to go next winter....Jan/Feb 2022. Tks for the good comparisons. I am also loving San Jose del Cabo from your pics. I want to check out lodging. Perhaps stay a week in Cabo San Lucas and a little longer in San Jose.??? Tks so much.

Thanks Laura for the video. This was the kind of video I was looking forward to, not to say I don’t enjoy your other videos. San Jose del Cabo seems more family oriented town and Cabo San Lucas more of a party place. Either way both are very nice places. Enjoy your time there and can’t wait to see more. 👍🏻😁

Didn't realize how beautiful the Cabo area is. Again, thx for the video. My little family of 5 is looking for a change of pace and are considering staying in Cabo area for a bit.

Omw this was just the video I needed. Thanks so much 🌻🧡

Sounds like San Jose would be more our scene 😀

Excelente me gustó mucho y me ayuda a decidirme in my next visit. Thks!

I love what you've shown so far in San Jose L.C. and look forward to seeing adventures! I'd like to see a a video on your rental too! How's internet speed and such?

Wow we have a video w the same title that we did a couple of months before yours. Great job on getting all of those views on your video. Would love for you to give us any advice.

I really appreciate this. So many of our friends and neighbours here in BC have visited Los Cabos. I thought it was a big corporate USA style resort (and it looks like Cabo San Lucas is just that). But San Jose looks really nice. And craft beer ... I'm in!

This is the first year in 10 that we have not been to San Jose (covid) you bring us there with your channel There is a good restaurant between la Palmas and Walmart on a side street tent top very good and were the Mexicans eat. Wish I could be more specific (don't know street names. We just know and walk there.

The food looks amazing. Hope to be able to visit sometime.

Very interesting information- great video. Thanks for sharing,

Welcome to San Jose del Cabo. You need to check out the organic Market on Saturdays! We love living here. Our favourite place are Retro Bar and Grill and Abbey’s/ aka Chinos (tucked back off of the Main Street into centro by the bus depot). When we moved here we were told that San Jose is for the over 30’s and San Lucas was for the under 30’s. Both are great, but we love SJD!

I remember the area was still a bit sleepy during the mid-1990s when the growth of golf courses, timeshares, hotels, apartments, and all that was getting started.

SJC is definitely more our speed...and I'm guessing the Mexican/non-tourist areas there. We are definitely into the bargain prices and shopping and cooking our own meals and staying on a budget.

Thanks Laura! We enjoy San Jose del Cabo best, I would say more genuine, refined, casual, calm, and personally friendly. A walk from the Resort area. We have custom jewelry and art from San Jose. I recommend the Art Walk in San Jose, find your way to the original Ivan Guaderrama gallery! We do pay in Pesos too. We found the bus a safe and friendly way to travel to San Lucas from San Jose and water taxi to the Arch reasonable. We have rented a car and drove to La Paz (bit of a drive for a day trip, but what a beach) and Toto Santos (easy to do in a day, like an oasis) God bless.

En todos lados!

I am headed to Mexico in November. Going to tour the United States first and then arrive in San Jose del Cabo in early December. I am looking to buy something there, instead of Cabo San Lucas because me and my husband have a ten year old son so we want more of the family feeling and not as much party, party. I have a beautiful place on a white sand beach in another country right now but it is only nice six months of the year so I'm going for permanent nice weather for the rest of my lift. So, I am going to begin my journey on the California Baja peninsula. and see what community I decide upon. Thanks for your informative videos. At least gives me some ideas where to start and where I might not want to spend too much time on.

Looking for area to retire on 2000 a month us but I like a nice upscale apt with a nice kitchen I like to cook in a gated community with a pool thank you for always giving us great videos, I wish I was there

You need to try Sardina Cantina, Chicken saltimbocca, they may not show it in their specials but they will make, or their coconut prawns.

If you are younger and/or go on vacation to be constantly active go to Cabo San Lucas. If you are older and go on vacation to chill and vedge, San Jose del Cabo is the place for you. BTW: The moment the sun goes down the San Jose del Cabo square comes alive with local families with kids and it just feels so genuine - San Jose truly has "the sense of place", grounded in centuries of history, that so many American developers try to recreate with limited success in their brand new developments.

Very interesting!! I like fishing...and i look to go at San Jose Del Cabo next time ...after the covid!!! i like and subcribe!!! Hello from Québec, Canada!!!

very very intersting video Laura, keep going, I enjoy too much your videos.

Great video Laura !! Wife and got get down there soon. When you and your man gunna try fishing? Home mage fish tacos😬🐟👀👈🏼🤷🏽‍♂️

Despues de ver tu video, estoy triste que no pueda ir a San Cabo de Lucas manana. ☹ I am a citizen of the U.S who learned Spanish in Cuernavaca, Mexico. Now I can talk all day in Spanish without any problem. Me encanta la cultura en muchas partes de Mexico, porque as mas caliente. (Translated, this means that I love the culture in many parts of Mexico, because the culture is much warmer and people oriented in Mexico.)

Great info, keep it comin

Cabo is the place to be.del Cabo is a big sneeze! Been to both many times

great video and content. Bravo.

It’s funny she says “seems busy today ! .. one car goes by lol

San Jose is my kind of town. Hay mucho que ver por todo Baja. I love pulpo too.

Looking forward to a house tour! Hope it’s coming soon? 🥰

Cabo San Lucas, feels like a back packer/cheesy tourist destination and reminds me of places in Thailand, Turkey, Costa Del Sol, UK, Las Vegas, etc etc. I really enjoyed the entire boardwalk and drinks are really affordable at the bars there but prob wouldn't stay there for more than a day. San Jose del Cabo, feels more authentic and offers unique experiences. Once we discovered SJC we never left and loved the vibe.

Woow it's Amazing. San José del Cabo.

I wish it were a bit more tropical. Still, love me some Mexico..all of it.

What is the name of the lagoon with the beautiful green palms where you spanned the camera that shot was just breathtaking!!!

Wonderful

Fun video and I agree that San Jose is better than Cabo. Although it's been almost 30 years since visiting them I recognized a few of the landmarks from both towns. Have you noticed any vegetarian or vegan places? I know they might be scarce due to it being famous for seafood but I'm curious if we would have a hard time scouting out food. Have you been to the Tropic of Cancer? Enjoy all your videos, thanks for all the good information.☮️

Moving there in june

This is the area (San Jose) where I'm wanting to go check out. Thanks for this video! Just found your channel and IG yesterday. I'm wanting to relocate somewhere soon....do they have rooms for rent there while I look around? I'm thinking of driving down from WA state even. I bought a road trip van too.....the thing is: I'm alone. I'm 65......????!!!! I feel like I'm 45 though :)

So I've been wondering where Los Cabos was. It's the combination of Cabo San Lucas and San Jose Del Cabo?

I prefer San Jose Del Cabo to Cabo San Lucas myself, more authentic, less touristy and more "eat like/with the locals" places. I like Todos Santos too, but more for a day trip than a destination. The weather is so perfect all the time that a lot of the resorts have their main office/reception/check-in area right out in the open, furniture and all.

You need to see the Residential or Pacific side of Cabo no noise . That you mention is only the Marina area which is tiny .

Just found your video and subscribed. You compare the cities very well and very respectfully, I have a better sense now what city would be a better fit whenever we decide to take a vacation sometime and maybe plant some roots. When you say “it’s hot out here”, could you please give the Fahrenheit degrees, is it 88 degrees or 110 degrees? It would mean a lot to me. Also, as a retirement town, could you possibly compare Merida to San Jose del Cabo at some point during your travels. Loving your content so far, thanks.

Long term monthly rental costs? For ordinary people like you and me.

THANK YOU!!!!

Solar companies suck. I inherited a house from my brother and I tried to transfer the solar panel contract to the new owner and it was a nightmare

So, you stayed at a hotel on near the beach and a home more towards center of town. What is a good place to stay to be close to beach and walk to town? I see beachfront but want close to town as well. Planning a birthday weekend for my daughters and they definitely like the authentic with modern touches. We don't do your run of the mill tours, we look for those offered by locals, walking /hiking tours and such.Any suggestions with or without the need to book.

The first time I was in Cabo was in 1973 when they first opened the road, you could have bought all of Cabo for $200,000, the last time was in 2011 when I helped deliver a 72' yacht down from California, we got there I got off the the boat and went to one of the bars on the malicon, I was drinking a beer at the edge of the raised deck watching the cruise ship tourists walk by in front, and looking down seeing the Mexican locals smoking crack on the side street, I'm sure it's worse now. There is drugs for sale in every little town from Baja de Los Angeles, to San Juanico. I went to a friends birthday party in San Juanico, great surf lots of beer and then the host decided he needed coke, so he went to the local drug dealer, right across the main city plaza from the Police and the military, drugs and cartel drug dealers and drug violence are in every little town even in tiny San Juanico. If you want to know what is really going on in Mexico go to Borderland Beat