Los Angeles climate

Name: Los Angeles
Address: US

Los Angeles is warmest in August, with average highs of 32 °C, and coldest in December, when nights average 7.0 °C. February is the wettest month (85 mm) and August the driest (0.5 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Los Angeles averages 347 mm of rain, 189 days above 25 °C and 1 days below freezing.

United States · 89 m elevation · population 3,820,914 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month August 32 °C
Coldest month December 7.0 °C
Driest month August 0 mm
Wettest month February 85 mm
Least cloud August 19 % cloud
Hottest on record July 45 °C
Coldest on record January -1.9 °C
Warmest sea August 20 °C

What to expectLos Angeles through the year

Los Angeles has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 19 °C in December to 32 °C in August, a swing of 13 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 189 days a year reach 25 °C, 93 of them reach 30 °C, 1 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 45 °C, in July.

Rain is strongly seasonal. February averages 85 mm against 0 mm in August — 189 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Los Angeles is warmest in August at 20 °C and coldest in February at 15 °C. Sea temperature lags the air by a month or two, which is why late summer swims warmer than early summer at the same air temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	19.4 °C	81 mm	47 %
February	19.7 °C	85 mm	48 %
March	21.3 °C	56 mm	47 %
April	23.7 °C	21 mm	39 %
May	25.5 °C	8 mm	38 %
June	28.3 °C	2 mm	28 %
July	31.3 °C	2 mm	23 %
August	32.5 °C	under 1 mm	19 %
September	31.3 °C	3 mm	22 %
October	27.6 °C	16 mm	29 %
November	23.2 °C	20 mm	36 %
December	19.1 °C	52 mm	43 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	19.4 °C	7.2 °C	12.2 °C	32.5 °C	-1.9 °C	4	0
February	19.7 °C	7.6 °C	12.7 °C	32.5 °C	-0.8 °C	5	0
March	21.3 °C	8.8 °C	14.2 °C	34.5 °C	0.6 °C	7	1
April	23.7 °C	10.2 °C	16.3 °C	37.7 °C	1.9 °C	11	3
May	25.5 °C	12.8 °C	18.5 °C	39.6 °C	6.5 °C	15	5
June	28.3 °C	15.1 °C	21.1 °C	43.1 °C	7.5 °C	24	9
July	31.3 °C	18.0 °C	24.0 °C	45.1 °C	12.7 °C	31	20
August	32.5 °C	18.6 °C	24.9 °C	42.1 °C	13.2 °C	31	23
September	31.3 °C	17.4 °C	23.5 °C	44.0 °C	10.9 °C	28	18
October	27.6 °C	14.1 °C	19.9 °C	40.5 °C	6.0 °C	21	10
November	23.2 °C	10.1 °C	15.6 °C	35.7 °C	0.5 °C	10	3
December	19.1 °C	7.0 °C	11.9 °C	29.4 °C	-0.9 °C	3	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	81 mm	5	10 h/day	47 %	64 %	12 km/h	14.9 °C
February	85 mm	6	11 h/day	48 %	66 %	14 km/h	14.8 °C
March	56 mm	5	12 h/day	47 %	68 %	15 km/h	14.8 °C
April	21 mm	3	13 h/day	39 %	63 %	16 km/h	15.1 °C
May	8 mm	1	14 h/day	38 %	63 %	15 km/h	16.6 °C
June	2 mm	0	14 h/day	28 %	61 %	14 km/h	18.2 °C
July	2 mm	0	14 h/day	23 %	58 %	14 km/h	19.7 °C
August	under 1 mm	0	13 h/day	19 %	55 %	14 km/h	20.2 °C
September	3 mm	1	12 h/day	22 %	57 %	14 km/h	20.0 °C
October	16 mm	2	11 h/day	29 %	56 %	13 km/h	19.0 °C
November	20 mm	2	10 h/day	36 %	55 %	12 km/h	17.3 °C
December	52 mm	5	9.9 h/day	43 %	60 %	12 km/h	15.6 °C

Where Los Angeles ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in North America in November	6th of 50	96/100
The driest places in North America in August	7th of 50	0.5 mm
Places with the best weather in North America in March	9th of 50	93/100
Places with the best weather in North America year-round	11th of 50	87/100
Places with the best weather in North America in April	12th of 50	95/100
The driest places in North America in September	13th of 50	3.3 mm

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Los Angeles.

QuestionsCommon questions about Los Angeles’s climate

When is the best time to visit Los Angeles?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. May, June, October sit closest to 20 °C on average, August is the warmest month and August the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Los Angeles get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 32 °C. About 93 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 45 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 7.0 °C in December, the coldest month. A normal year has 1 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Los Angeles?

February, averaging 85 mm over 6 days with rain. The driest month is August with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 347 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Los Angeles rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Data point: 34.052°, -118.244° , 89 m above sea level (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.