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Los Angeles in December

Warm and mostly dry, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

December in Los Angeles is warm: highs near 70°F, lows near 45°F. Rain falls on about one day a week, and daylight holds at about 9 hours 55 minutes.December in Los Angeles is warm: highs near 21°C, lows near 7°C. Rain falls on about one day a week, and daylight holds at about 9 hours 55 minutes.

High
70°F21°Caverage
Low
45°F7°Caverage
Wet days
1a week · 17% of days
Daylight
9h 55mon average

Is December a good time to visit Los Angeles?

A good month, just outside Los Angeles's best months, which run in two parts: April to May, or November.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How December sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 70°F in December, against 70°F to 94°F through the year.Highs near 21°C in December, against 21°C to 34°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

17% of days in December, against 1% to 23% through the year.

Cloud cover

44% cover in December, against 11% to 46% through the year.

Daylight

9h 55m in December, against 9h 55m to 14h 23m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with December shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. November78°26°low 51°low 11°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  2. December70°21°low 45°low 7°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  3. January70°21°low 44°low 7°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.

Where Los Angeles sits, in December

America/Los Angeles
this place
typical high in December 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-December
6:51 AMsets 4:45 PM
Above the sea
90 mlow-lying
Latitude
34.1°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Rancho Palos Verdes36 km south

The land around Los Angeles, shaded by its typical high in December, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in United States in December

high · low · wet days
See December on the planning mapThe whole year in Los Angeles

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Los Angeles. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (90 m) against the climate model's (145 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (90 m) against the climate model's (145 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.