Temperatures at California Beaches in August

Typical temperatures for beaches along the Pacific Ocean in California during the month of August 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 August
High °F Low °F Place High °C Low °C
75 65 Imperial Beach 24 18
81 61 Laguna Beach 27 16
73 66 Newport Beach  23 19
71 66 Oceanside  22 19
77 68 San Diego 25 20
79 62 Santa Catalina Island 26 17

Los Angeles Area

Average daily temperatures in August
High °F Low °F Place High °C Low °C
83 66 Long Beach  28 19
74 61 Oxnard 23 16
74 58 Point Mugu 23 15
70 62 Santa Monica 21 17

Central California Coast

August temperatures: daily averages
High °F Low °F Place High °C Low °C
77 50 Big Sur State Park 25 10
73 56 Lompoc 23 13
67 55 Monterey 19 13
70 57 Morro Bay  21 14
71 55 Pismo Beach 22 13
72 56 Salinas  22 13
78 60 Santa Barbara 25 16

San Francisco Area

Average temperatures for August
High °F Low °F Place High °C Low °C
63 52 Bodega Bay 17 11
66 54 Half Moon Bay 19 12
64 55 San Francisco, Fort Funston 18 13
71 52 San Gregorio  21 11
76 55 Santa Cruz 24 13

Northern California Coast

Normal temperatures for August
High °F Low °F Place High °C Low °C
64 53 Crescent City  18 12
64 53 Eureka  18 12
65 50 Fort Bragg  18 10
67 50 Fort Ross State Park 19 10
66 51 Klamath 19 11
68 54 Shelter Cove 20 12
References

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

California Beach Temperatures
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