Los Angeles Temperatures: Averages by Month
The numbers here tell you how hot and cold the weather usually is in Los Angeles, California during each month of the year.
The average high and low temperatures are listed below monthly and annually for Los Angeles, in both degrees Fahrenheit and Celsius.
Maximums and minimums are only part of the temperature picture. To fill in the rest, there's information on how many days a month get above or below a given temperature.
To find out how often it rises over 70, 80 or 90 °F each month in Los Angeles, scroll down farther. There are also counts of nights with warm temperatures and days with cold weather.
The first set of high and low temperatures are averages for 2010 to 2019. Everything else here is based on 1991 to 2020 weather measurements in downtown Los Angeles.
High °F | Low °F | High °C | Low °C | |
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70 | 49 | January | 21 | 10 |
69 | 50 | February | 20 | 10 |
70 | 54 | March | 21 | 12 |
74 | 56 | April | 23 | 13 |
74 | 58 | May | 23 | 14 |
78 | 62 | June | 25 | 17 |
83 | 65 | July | 28 | 19 |
84 | 66 | August | 29 | 19 |
84 | 65 | September | 29 | 19 |
81 | 61 | October | 27 | 16 |
74 | 54 | November | 23 | 12 |
68 | 49 | December | 20 | 9 |
76 | 57 | Year | 24 | 14 |
High °F | Low °F | High °C | Low °C | |
---|---|---|---|---|
68 | 49 | January | 20 | 9 |
68 | 50 | February | 20 | 10 |
70 | 52 | March | 21 | 11 |
72 | 55 | April | 22 | 13 |
74 | 58 | May | 23 | 15 |
77 | 61 | June | 25 | 16 |
82 | 65 | July | 28 | 18 |
84 | 65 | August | 29 | 19 |
83 | 64 | September | 28 | 18 |
79 | 60 | October | 26 | 16 |
73 | 53 | November | 23 | 12 |
67 | 48 | December | 20 | 9 |
75 | 57 | Year | 24 | 14 |
Days of Hot Weather in Los Angeles
While on most days in Los Angeles the temperature rises above 70 degrees Fahrenheit, the city seldom gets sizzling hot.
Los Angeles averages just two days a year when the temperature reaches 100. The 26 days a year of highs in the 90s are typically scattered from March to November, with no month averaging more than six days.
70 °F 21 °C |
80 °F 27 °C |
90 °F 32 °C | |
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January | 13 | 3 | 0 |
February | 11 | 3 | 0 |
March | 16 | 4 | 1 |
April | 19 | 6 | 1 |
May | 25 | 6 | 1 |
June | 29 | 10 | 1 |
July | 31 | 22 | 3 |
August | 31 | 26 | 6 |
September | 30 | 21 | 6 |
October | 28 | 13 | 4 |
November | 20 | 6 | 1 |
December | 11 | 2 | 0 |
Year | 264 | 123 | 26 |
50 °F 10 °C |
60 °F 16 °C |
70 °F 21 °C |
|
---|---|---|---|
January | 13 | 0 | 0 |
February | 14 | 0 | 0 |
March | 22 | 1 | 0 |
April | 27 | 2 | 0 |
May | 31 | 8 | 0 |
June | 30 | 21 | 0 |
July | 31 | 30 | 1 |
August | 31 | 30 | 3 |
September | 30 | 26 | 3 |
October | 31 | 15 | 0 |
November | 23 | 2 | 0 |
December | 11 | 0 | 0 |
Year | 292 | 134 | 7 |
How Often Los Angeles Has Cold Temperatures
It never gets really cold in Los Angeles. Typically every day of the year has a high of over 50 degrees.
The city averages just two nights annually when the temperature does drop to 40 degrees or lower. But even then, the thermometer normally never dips below freezing.
References
Jay Lawrimore, Ron Ray, Scott Applequist, Bryant Korzeniewski, Matthew Menne. 2016. Global Summary of the Month and Year, Version 1.0. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI). Climate Normals.