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Best time to visit Los Angeles

The best time to visit Los Angeles is October–June, judged on twenty years of weather records and the events worth going for.

Los Angeles, California, United States

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Average daily high and low temperature, average precipitation and each month's verdict
MonthAverage daily highAverage daily lowPrecipitationVerdict
January19.3 °C / 67 °F8.2 °C / 47 °F62 mm / 2.4 inbest month
February19.7 °C / 67 °F8.8 °C / 48 °F61 mm / 2.4 inbest month
March20.7 °C / 69 °F10.2 °C / 50 °F50 mm / 2 inbest month
April22.7 °C / 73 °F11.9 °C / 53 °F17 mm / 0.7 inbest month
May23.7 °C / 75 °F14 °C / 57 °F6 mm / 0.2 inbest month
June26.5 °C / 80 °F16.1 °C / 61 °F1 mm / 0 inbest month
July29.6 °C / 85 °F18.4 °C / 65 °F2 mm / 0.1 ingood month
August30.5 °C / 87 °F18.8 °C / 66 °F4 mm / 0.1 ingood month
September29.7 °C / 85 °F18.1 °C / 65 °F5 mm / 0.2 ingood month
October26.8 °C / 80 °F14.9 °C / 59 °F12 mm / 0.5 inbest month
November23 °C / 73 °F11.2 °C / 52 °F24 mm / 0.9 inbest month
December18.9 °C / 66 °F8.3 °C / 47 °F61 mm / 2.4 inbest month
Good and best months depend on more than temperature, rain and events. How they are chosen

Each activity on this page has its own good and best months, rated on twenty years of daily weather records. Which measures count, and how much, depends on the activity: humidity for exploring outdoors, wind for the beach, hiking and skiing, snow for skiing alone. Between them, the activities are rated on:

  • Daytime highs
  • Night-time lows
  • How warm it feels
  • Humidity
  • How much of the day is sunny
  • Hours of daylight
  • Monthly rainfall
  • How many days it rains
  • Days of heavy rain
  • Wind
  • Snowfall and days with snow
  • Major events, such as festivals

The chart shows the good and best months for exploring outdoors.

The event icon marks a month that an event lifts to good or best, such as a festival or a natural spectacle. Choose “Weather only” in the toolbar to rate the months on weather alone.

Best months by activity

Exploring outdoors

Mild days and nights, mostly dry and bright. The default for 'when should I go'.

  1. JJanuary: best
  2. FFebruary: best
  3. MMarch: best
  4. AApril: best
  5. MMay: best
  6. JJune: best
  7. JJuly: good
  8. AAugust: good
  9. SSeptember: good
  10. OOctober: best
  11. NNovember: best
  12. DDecember: best
Best
October–June
Good
July–September

Los Angeles offers mild, sunny, dry weather nearly year-round, best from October through June; July through September turn noticeably hotter, still sunny and dry but warm enough to count against a day spent exploring on foot.

Why these months

  • January · best

    In its favour: feels like (high) 17.1 °C / 63 °F, average daily high 19.3 °C / 67 °F, share of daylight that is sunny 87%, precipitation 62 mm / 2.4 in, wet days 4.7 days, relative humidity 59%, average daily low 8.2 °C / 47 °F.

    Against: days with heavy rain 2.1 days, share of rain falling in the daytime 47%.

    Also on: Chinese New Year celebrations, Golden Globes, Tournament of Roses Parade.

    Watch out for: Martin Luther King Jr. Day closures, New Year's Day closures.

  • February · best

    In its favour: feels like (high) 17.7 °C / 64 °F, average daily high 19.7 °C / 67 °F, share of daylight that is sunny 87%, precipitation 61 mm / 2.4 in, wet days 4.9 days, relative humidity 60%, average daily low 8.8 °C / 48 °F.

    Against: days with heavy rain 1.8 days.

    Also on: Academy Awards, Chinese New Year celebrations, Grammy Awards.

    Watch out for: Presidents' Day closures.

  • March · best

    In its favour: feels like (high) 19.4 °C / 67 °F, average daily high 20.7 °C / 69 °F, precipitation 50 mm / 2 in, share of daylight that is sunny 90%, wet days 5.3 days, average daily low 10.2 °C / 50 °F, relative humidity 63%.

    Against: days with heavy rain 1.6 days.

    Also on: L.A. Marathon.

  • April · best

    In its favour: feels like (high) 21.8 °C / 71 °F, average daily high 22.7 °C / 73 °F, precipitation 17 mm / 0.7 in, share of daylight that is sunny 91%, wet days 2.4 days, days with heavy rain 0.6 days, average daily low 11.9 °C / 53 °F, relative humidity 60%.

    Also on: Fiesta Broadway.

  • May · best

    In its favour: feels like (high) 23.6 °C / 74 °F, average daily high 23.7 °C / 75 °F, precipitation 6 mm / 0.2 in, share of daylight that is sunny 93%, wet days 1.2 days, days with heavy rain 0.2 days, average daily low 14 °C / 57 °F, relative humidity 64%.

    Also on: Memorial Day tribute at USS Iowa.

    Watch out for: Memorial Day closures.

  • June · best

    In its favour: feels like (high) 27.5 °C / 82 °F, precipitation 1 mm / 0 in, share of daylight that is sunny 95%, average daily high 26.5 °C / 80 °F, wet days 0.4 days, days with heavy rain 0 days, average daily low 16.1 °C / 61 °F, relative humidity 64%.

    Also on: Los Angeles Film Festival.

    Watch out for: Juneteenth closures.

  • July · good

    In its favour: precipitation 2 mm / 0.1 in, share of daylight that is sunny 97%, wet days 0.4 days, days with heavy rain 0.1 days, average daily low 18.4 °C / 65 °F, relative humidity 62%.

    Against: feels like (high) 31.1 °C / 88 °F, average daily high 29.6 °C / 85 °F.

    Also on: Anime Expo, Fourth of July fireworks.

    Watch out for: Independence Day closures.

  • August · good

    In its favour: precipitation 4 mm / 0.1 in, share of daylight that is sunny 96%, wet days 0.4 days, days with heavy rain 0.1 days, average daily low 18.8 °C / 66 °F, relative humidity 60%.

    Against: feels like (high) 31.9 °C / 89 °F, average daily high 30.5 °C / 87 °F.

    Also on: Nisei Week Japanese Festival.

  • September · good

    In its favour: precipitation 5 mm / 0.2 in, share of daylight that is sunny 95%, wet days 0.9 days, days with heavy rain 0.1 days, average daily low 18.1 °C / 65 °F, relative humidity 60%.

    Against: feels like (high) 30.4 °C / 87 °F, average daily high 29.7 °C / 85 °F.

    Also on: L.A. County Fair.

    Watch out for: Labor Day closures.

  • October · best

    In its favour: feels like (high) 25.8 °C / 78 °F, precipitation 12 mm / 0.5 in, share of daylight that is sunny 93%, average daily high 26.8 °C / 80 °F, wet days 2 days, days with heavy rain 0.2 days, average daily low 14.9 °C / 59 °F, relative humidity 57%.

    Also on: West Hollywood Halloween Carnaval.

  • November · best

    In its favour: feels like (high) 20.9 °C / 70 °F, average daily high 23 °C / 73 °F, precipitation 24 mm / 0.9 in, share of daylight that is sunny 91%, wet days 2.5 days, days with heavy rain 0.8 days, average daily low 11.2 °C / 52 °F, relative humidity 54%.

    Also on: Hollywood Christmas Parade, Marina del Rey Holiday Boat Parade and L.A. County Holiday Celebration.

    Watch out for: Holiday season travel and shopping crowds, Thanksgiving travel crowds, Veterans Day closures.

  • December · best

    In its favour: feels like (high) 16.7 °C / 62 °F, average daily high 18.9 °C / 66 °F, share of daylight that is sunny 85%, precipitation 61 mm / 2.4 in, wet days 5.1 days, relative humidity 60%, average daily low 8.3 °C / 47 °F.

    Against: days with heavy rain 1.6 days.

    Also on: Marina del Rey Holiday Boat Parade and L.A. County Holiday Celebration.

    Watch out for: Christmas closures, Holiday season travel and shopping crowds.

Beach and swimming

Hot, dry and sunny. Penalises the monsoon hard.

  1. JJanuary: neither
  2. FFebruary: neither
  3. MMarch: neither
  4. AApril: neither
  5. MMay: neither
  6. JJune: neither
  7. JJuly: good
  8. AAugust: good
  9. SSeptember: good
  10. OOctober: neither
  11. NNovember: neither
  12. DDecember: neither
Good
July–September

Air temperatures are pleasant most of the year, but the Pacific stays cold off Los Angeles: only July, August and September warm the sea enough (around 20-21 C) to call the beach good, and even then it never reaches truly warm; the rest of the year the cold sea, and in winter cooler air too, rule it out.

Why these months

  • July · good

    In its favour: average daily high 29.6 °C / 85 °F, precipitation 2 mm / 0.1 in, share of daylight that is sunny 97%, feels like (high) 31.1 °C / 88 °F, wet days 0.4 days, days with heavy rain 0.1 days, average daily low 18.4 °C / 65 °F, wind (daily max) 14 km/h / 9 mph.

    Against: sea temperature 20.3 °C / 69 °F.

    Also on: Anime Expo, Fourth of July fireworks.

    Watch out for: Independence Day closures.

  • August · good

    In its favour: average daily high 30.5 °C / 87 °F, precipitation 4 mm / 0.1 in, share of daylight that is sunny 96%, feels like (high) 31.9 °C / 89 °F, wet days 0.4 days, days with heavy rain 0.1 days, average daily low 18.8 °C / 66 °F, wind (daily max) 14 km/h / 8 mph.

    Against: sea temperature 21.4 °C / 71 °F.

    Also on: Nisei Week Japanese Festival.

  • September · good

    In its favour: average daily high 29.7 °C / 85 °F, precipitation 5 mm / 0.2 in, share of daylight that is sunny 95%, feels like (high) 30.4 °C / 87 °F, wet days 0.9 days, days with heavy rain 0.1 days, average daily low 18.1 °C / 65 °F, wind (daily max) 13 km/h / 8 mph.

    Against: sea temperature 21.1 °C / 70 °F.

    Also on: L.A. County Fair.

    Watch out for: Labor Day closures.

Hiking and trekking

Cool enough to climb in, dry enough to enjoy, long enough days.

  1. JJanuary: best
  2. FFebruary: best
  3. MMarch: best
  4. AApril: best
  5. MMay: best
  6. JJune: good
  7. JJuly: neither
  8. AAugust: neither
  9. SSeptember: neither
  10. OOctober: good
  11. NNovember: best
  12. DDecember: best
Best
November–May
Good
June, October

Cool, dry conditions from November through May make for the best hiking, with June and October good but warmer; July through September get too hot for comfortable climbing despite the reliably dry, sunny skies.

Why these months

  • January · best

    In its favour: average daily high 19.3 °C / 67 °F, precipitation 62 mm / 2.4 in, wet days 4.7 days, feels like (high) 17.1 °C / 63 °F, average daily low 8.2 °C / 47 °F, share of daylight that is sunny 87%, wind (daily max) 11 km/h / 7 mph, daylight per day 10.2 h.

    Against: days with heavy rain 2.1 days, share of rain falling in the daytime 47%.

    Also on: Chinese New Year celebrations, Golden Globes, Tournament of Roses Parade.

    Watch out for: Martin Luther King Jr. Day closures, New Year's Day closures.

  • February · best

    In its favour: average daily high 19.7 °C / 67 °F, precipitation 61 mm / 2.4 in, wet days 4.9 days, feels like (high) 17.7 °C / 64 °F, average daily low 8.8 °C / 48 °F, share of daylight that is sunny 87%, daylight per day 11 h, wind (daily max) 12 km/h / 8 mph.

    Against: days with heavy rain 1.8 days.

    Also on: Academy Awards, Chinese New Year celebrations, Grammy Awards.

    Watch out for: Presidents' Day closures.

  • March · best

    In its favour: average daily high 20.7 °C / 69 °F, precipitation 50 mm / 2 in, wet days 5.3 days, feels like (high) 19.4 °C / 67 °F, average daily low 10.2 °C / 50 °F, share of daylight that is sunny 90%, daylight per day 12 h, wind (daily max) 14 km/h / 9 mph.

    Against: days with heavy rain 1.6 days.

    Also on: L.A. Marathon.

  • April · best

    In its favour: average daily high 22.7 °C / 73 °F, precipitation 17 mm / 0.7 in, wet days 2.4 days, days with heavy rain 0.6 days, feels like (high) 21.8 °C / 71 °F, average daily low 11.9 °C / 53 °F, share of daylight that is sunny 91%, daylight per day 13.1 h, wind (daily max) 15 km/h / 9 mph.

    Also on: Fiesta Broadway.

  • May · best

    In its favour: precipitation 6 mm / 0.2 in, average daily high 23.7 °C / 75 °F, wet days 1.2 days, days with heavy rain 0.2 days, average daily low 14 °C / 57 °F, share of daylight that is sunny 93%, daylight per day 13.9 h, feels like (high) 23.6 °C / 74 °F, wind (daily max) 15 km/h / 9 mph.

    Also on: Memorial Day tribute at USS Iowa.

    Watch out for: Memorial Day closures.

  • June · good

    In its favour: precipitation 1 mm / 0 in, wet days 0.4 days, days with heavy rain 0 days, share of daylight that is sunny 95%, daylight per day 14.4 h, wind (daily max) 14 km/h / 9 mph, average daily low 16.1 °C / 61 °F.

    Against: average daily high 26.5 °C / 80 °F, feels like (high) 27.5 °C / 82 °F.

    Also on: Los Angeles Film Festival.

    Watch out for: Juneteenth closures.

  • October · good

    In its favour: precipitation 12 mm / 0.5 in, wet days 2 days, days with heavy rain 0.2 days, share of daylight that is sunny 93%, average daily low 14.9 °C / 59 °F, daylight per day 11.3 h, wind (daily max) 12 km/h / 8 mph, feels like (high) 25.8 °C / 78 °F.

    Against: average daily high 26.8 °C / 80 °F.

    Also on: West Hollywood Halloween Carnaval.

  • November · best

    In its favour: average daily high 23 °C / 73 °F, precipitation 24 mm / 0.9 in, wet days 2.5 days, days with heavy rain 0.8 days, feels like (high) 20.9 °C / 70 °F, average daily low 11.2 °C / 52 °F, share of daylight that is sunny 91%, wind (daily max) 11 km/h / 7 mph, daylight per day 10.4 h.

    Also on: Hollywood Christmas Parade, Marina del Rey Holiday Boat Parade and L.A. County Holiday Celebration.

    Watch out for: Holiday season travel and shopping crowds, Thanksgiving travel crowds, Veterans Day closures.

  • December · best

    In its favour: average daily high 18.9 °C / 66 °F, precipitation 61 mm / 2.4 in, wet days 5.1 days, feels like (high) 16.7 °C / 62 °F, average daily low 8.3 °C / 47 °F, share of daylight that is sunny 85%, wind (daily max) 11 km/h / 7 mph.

    Against: days with heavy rain 1.6 days, daylight per day 9.9 h.

    Also on: Marina del Rey Holiday Boat Parade and L.A. County Holiday Celebration.

    Watch out for: Christmas closures, Holiday season travel and shopping crowds.

An activity is listed only where it applies: skiing at ski destinations, beach and swimming at beach destinations. The nearest ski area is Mount Waterman, 43 km away.

Weather averages

Monthly averages over twenty years, 2006–2025. Highs, lows and precipitation are in the chart at the top.

  JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Feels like (high) 17.1 °C17.7 °C19.4 °C21.8 °C23.6 °C27.5 °C31.1 °C31.9 °C30.4 °C25.8 °C20.9 °C16.7 °C
Days with heavy rain 2.1 days1.8 days1.6 days0.6 days0.2 days0 days0.1 days0.1 days0.1 days0.2 days0.8 days1.6 days
Time rain usually falls 3 pm6 pm4 pm3 pm4 am12 pm12 pm1 pm12 pm12 pm9 am6 am
Sunshine per day 8.9 h9.5 h10.8 h11.8 h12.9 h13.6 h13.7 h12.9 h11.7 h10.5 h9.5 h8.5 h
Relative humidity 59%60%63%60%64%64%62%60%60%57%54%60%

Sea temperature

Averaged over a shorter period (2022–2025) than the twenty-year averages above.

  JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Sea temperature 2022–202514.7 °C14.5 °C14.3 °C14.9 °C16.8 °C18.6 °C20.3 °C21.4 °C21.1 °C19 °C17.1 °C16.3 °C
Sea temperature (daily max) 2022–202514.8 °C14.6 °C14.5 °C15.2 °C17.1 °C18.9 °C20.6 °C21.7 °C21.4 °C19.2 °C17.2 °C16.4 °C
  • Very cold 10 °C or less
  • Cold 10 to 15 °C
  • Cool 15 to 20 °C
  • Comfortable 20 to 25 °C
  • Warm 25 to 28 °C
  • Very warm over 28 °C

The words describe how the water feels to swim in. They are ours, not an official standard.

Air quality

Averaged over a shorter period (2022–2025) than the twenty-year averages above, and not counted towards good or best months.

  JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Air pollution (PM2.5) 2022–202525.7 µg/m³21.6 µg/m³20.5 µg/m³21.6 µg/m³16.4 µg/m³15.8 µg/m³17.1 µg/m³24.4 µg/m³24.4 µg/m³25.9 µg/m³23.3 µg/m³27.6 µg/m³
Air pollution (PM2.5, daily peak) 2022–202548.3 µg/m³37.5 µg/m³35.6 µg/m³34.4 µg/m³23.4 µg/m³21.8 µg/m³23.7 µg/m³36 µg/m³39.2 µg/m³42.2 µg/m³40.2 µg/m³48.1 µg/m³
  • Good 15 µg/m³ or less
  • Fair 15 to 25 µg/m³
  • Moderate 25 to 37.5 µg/m³
  • Poor 37.5 to 50 µg/m³
  • Very poor 50 to 75 µg/m³
  • Extremely poor over 75 µg/m³

Each figure is compared with the World Health Organization's guideline for a day's air, 15 µg/m³ or less, and with its interim targets above that. The words are ours: the WHO does not name its steps. The figures are modelled monthly averages, so single days can be well above them. The daily peak is the average of each day's highest hour, shaded on the same scale.

Events and seasons

What the weather records cannot show. A major event can lift a month to good or best. The warnings are there to help you plan, and never count against a month.

Reasons to go

  • Tournament of Roses Parade

    1 January

  • Chinese New Year celebrations

    January and February, dates vary from year to year

  • Golden Globes

    January

  • Academy Awards

    21–28 February

  • Grammy Awards

    February

  • L.A. Marathon

    March

  • Fiesta Broadway

    April, dates vary from year to year

  • Memorial Day tribute at USS Iowa

    May, dates vary from year to year

  • Los Angeles Film Festival

    June

  • Anime Expo

    July

  • Fourth of July fireworks

    4 July

  • Nisei Week Japanese Festival

    8–18 August

  • L.A. County Fair

    September

  • West Hollywood Halloween Carnaval

    31 October

  • Hollywood Christmas Parade

    November, dates vary from year to year

  • Marina del Rey Holiday Boat Parade and L.A. County Holiday Celebration

    November and December, dates vary from year to year

Worth knowing before you go

  • New Year's Day closures

    1 January

  • Martin Luther King Jr. Day closures

    January, dates vary from year to year

  • Presidents' Day closures

    February, dates vary from year to year

  • Memorial Day closures

    May, dates vary from year to year

  • Juneteenth closures

    19 June

  • Independence Day closures

    4 July

  • Labor Day closures

    September, dates vary from year to year

  • Veterans Day closures

    11 November

  • Thanksgiving travel crowds

    November, dates vary from year to year

  • Holiday season travel and shopping crowds

    November and December

  • Christmas closures

    24–25 December

Other places in United States

Compare places month by month on the travel calendar

Monthly averages over 2006–2025, unless stated otherwise.

Weather data by Open-Meteo.com (CC-BY 4.0), generated using Copernicus Climate Change Service information (ERA5). City data from GeoNames (CC-BY 4.0). Air quality from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) and sea temperature from Météo-France / Copernicus Marine, both via Open-Meteo.com. Coastline from Natural Earth. Ski areas from OpenSkiMap.org, © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Skimap.org. World Heritage sites from Wikidata (CC0), from the World Heritage List © UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Readership from Wikimedia pageview data (CC0). Destination classification derived from English Wikivoyage, © Wikivoyage contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).