#2 of 35 US cities · 2024
How pleasant is the weather in Los Angeles, CA?
In 2024, 85% of daytime hours in Los Angeles were enjoyable outdoors: 4,022 of 4,758 hours between 8 AM and 9 PM. That's #2 of 35 major US cities. May was the best month and August the worst.
- Enjoyable
- 85%
- Comfortable temp
- 86%
- Too cold
- 2%
- Too hot
- 12%
- Lost to rain
- 1.1%
- Lost to gusts
- 0.7%
Month by month
Share of each month's daytime hours (8 AM to 9 PM). Avg temp is the plain air temperature over those hours, not feels-like.
| Month | Enjoyable | Comfortable | Too cold | Too hot | Rain | Avg temp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 92% | 93% | 7% | 0% | 1.0% | 60°F |
| February | 82% | 91% | 9% | 0% | 8.5% | 59°F |
| March | 89% | 96% | 4% | 0% | 2.7% | 61°F |
| April | 95% | 97% | 3% | 0% | 1.0% | 65°F |
| May | 100% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0.0% | 66°F |
| June | 90% | 90% | 0% | 10% | 0.0% | 75°F |
| July | 58% | 58% | 0% | 42% | 0.0% | 81°F |
| August | 57% | 57% | 0% | 43% | 0.0% | 81°F |
| September | 72% | 72% | 0% | 28% | 0.0% | 78°F |
| October | 85% | 85% | 0% | 15% | 0.0% | 73°F |
| November | 98% | 99% | 1% | 0% | 0.0% | 65°F |
| December | 98% | 98% | 2% | 0% | 0.0% | 62°F |
What limits outdoor time
It's almost never too cold in Los Angeles. Heat is the problem, especially July and August.
Shade does most of the work here: 37% of comfortable hours were only comfortable out of the sun, and just 3% only in it.
Weather escapes within driving distance
An hour's drive (about 45 miles) reaches places that average 11°F cooler in summer, but nowhere meaningfully warmer in winter. Stretch it to two hours (about 90 miles) and you can find places 17°F cooler in summer. Distances are straight-line; temperatures are PRISM 1991–2020 averages.
How Los Angeles, CA compares
- San Diego, CA · #1 · 94%
- Oakland, CA · #3 · 80%
- San Jose, CA · #4 · 80%
- San Francisco, CA · #5 · 77%
Other California cities: San Diego, CA (94%), Oakland, CA (80%), San Jose, CA (80%), San Francisco, CA (77%), Sacramento, CA (65%).
Questions
How many pleasant outdoor hours does Los Angeles, CA get?
4,022 hours in 2024, counting only 8 AM to 9 PM. That's 85% of daytime hours, about 309 days' worth of daytime, and ranks #2 of 35 major US cities.
What is the best month to be outside in Los Angeles, CA?
May, when 100% of daytime hours were enjoyable. November (98%) and December (98%) came next. August was the worst month, at 57%.
What makes outdoor time less pleasant in Los Angeles, CA?
Mostly temperature. 2% of daytime hours were too cold and 12% too hot. Rain took another 1.1%, and gusty wind 0.7%.
Scored with the default rule: 48–79°F feels-like in sun or shade, under 1 mm/h of rain, gusts under 27 mph, 8 AM to 9 PM. If you run hotter or colder than that, set your own range on the map. How the score works.