Temperatures at California Beaches in October

Typical temperatures for beaches along the Pacific Ocean in California during the month of October are listed below in degrees Fahrenheit and Celsius.

You can jump to a separate table for each region of the state: Southern Coast, Los Angeles Area, Central Coast, San Francisco Area and Northern Coast.

The tables give the normals for maximum and minimum temperatures based on weather data collected from 1991 to 2020 by the US National Centers for Environmental Information.

Southern California Coast

Average temperatures for October
High °F Low °F Place High °C Low °C
73 56 Imperial Beach 23 14
77 55 Laguna Beach 25 13
73 60 Newport Beach  23 16
70 58 Oceanside  21 15
75 62 San Diego 24 16
73 58 Santa Catalina Island 23 14

Los Angeles Area

Average daily temperatures in October
High °F Low °F Place High °C Low °C
78 59 Long Beach  25 15
74 55 Oxnard 23 13
73 54 Point Mugu 23 12
68 59 Santa Monica 20 15

Central California Coast

October temperatures: daily averages
High °F Low °F Place High °C Low °C
74 49 Big Sur State Park 23 9
74 51 Lompoc 23 11
67 51 Monterey 19 10
73 54 Morro Bay  23 12
73 53 Pismo Beach 23 11
74 50 Salinas  23 10
76 56 Santa Barbara 24 13

San Francisco Area

Average temperatures for October
High °F Low °F Place High °C Low °C
62 49 Bodega Bay 17 10
66 48 Half Moon Bay 19 9
66 53 San Francisco, Fort Funston 19 12
69 45 San Gregorio  20 7
74 50 Santa Cruz 23 10

Northern California Coast

Normal temperatures for October
High °F Low °F Place High °C Low °C
62 47 Crescent City  17 8
62 47 Eureka  17 8
62 46 Fort Bragg  16 8
66 47 Fort Ross State Park 19 8
63 45 Klamath 17 7
69 52 Shelter Cove 20 11
References

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI). Climate Normals.

California Beach Temperatures
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