United States · 34.05°N 118.24°W · 30-year monthly averages, judged against the Warm preset (highs 19–28 °C66–82 °F, dry or showers)
The best time to visit Los Angeles is October to May, with highs of 19–27 °C66–81 °F and nights of 6–13 °C43–55 °F, and rainfall of 8–96 mm0.3–3.8 in a month.
Most rain falls in the winter half of the year (January averages 96 mm3.8 in). The dry season is April to December, with under 8 mm0.3 in in June. August is the hottest month (highs of 32 °C90 °F) and January the coldest (19 °C66 °F).
The figures are 30-year monthly averages (WorldClim 2.1 monthly normals 1970–2000) for the 0.25° grid cell at 34.05, -118.24. This is a climate guide, not a forecast.
Pick the weather you like. Every month is then judged against it: temperature above the month names, rain below.
Good time to go for a Warm holiday: October to May.
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Reading the chart. Gold means good: the month fits what you picked. Any other colour shows the reason it does not. The temperature bar can be too cold or too hot; the rain bar can be too dry, too rainy or monsoon. A faded gold bar means that half fits but the other half does not. A gold month name means both halves fit.
What the verdicts mean. Temperature is the month's average daily high (the afternoon), judged against the preset's band (highs 19–28 °C66–82 °F for Warm). Rain is judged by each month's class within Los Angeles's own year, not by raw millimetres: dry under 60 mm2.4 in, showers 60–100 mm2.4–3.9 in, rainy from 100 mm3.9 in and at least 35 % of the wettest month. Too rainy is a rainy-season month that the preset does not allow. Monsoon is the heaviest kind of rainy season: 180 mm7.1 in or more (120 mm4.7 in near the yearly peak) in a climate where the wettest month has at least three times the rain of the driest. Every monsoon month is also a rainy-season month; the label says which kind. Full rules on the method page.
| Month | Rain | High | Low | Season | Warm verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 963.8 | 1966 | 643 | showers | good |
| February | 963.8 | 2068 | 745 | showers | good |
| March | 883.5 | 2169 | 846 | showers | good |
| April | 321.3 | 2373 | 948 | dry | good |
| May | 80.3 | 2576 | 1253 | dry | good |
| June | 00 | 2882 | 1457 | dry | too hot |
| July | 00 | 3188 | 1762 | dry | too hot |
| August | 00 | 3289 | 1763 | dry | too hot |
| September | 80.3 | 3086 | 1660 | dry | too hot |
| October | 160.6 | 2781 | 1355 | dry | good |
| November | 481.9 | 2373 | 947 | dry | good |
| December | 562.2 | 2067 | 643 | dry | good |
| Looking for | Rule | Months that fit |
|---|---|---|
| Warm | highs 19–28 °C66–82 °F, dry or showers | October to May |
| Tropical | highs 28–38 °C82–100 °F, any rain except monsoon | June to September |
| Beach | highs 28–38 °C82–100 °F, dry or showers | June to September |
| Cool | highs 3–19 °C37–66 °F, any rain except monsoon | |
| Snow | highs below 3 °C37 °F, any rain |
Not really. Most rain falls in the winter half of the year (January averages 96 mm3.8 in). The dry season is April to December, with under 8 mm0.3 in in June.
August is the hottest month (highs of 32 °C90 °F) and January the coldest (19 °C66 °F). Annual rainfall is about 448 mm18 in.
The nearest destinations that fit the Warm preset in the months when Los Angeles does not:
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