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Rancho Palos Verdes in December

Mild and mostly dry, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

December in Rancho Palos Verdes is mild: highs near 68°F, lows near 47°F. Rain falls on about one day a week, and daylight holds at about 9 hours 57 minutes.December in Rancho Palos Verdes is mild: highs near 20°C, lows near 8°C. Rain falls on about one day a week, and daylight holds at about 9 hours 57 minutes.

High
68°F20°Caverage
Low
47°F8°Caverage
Wet days
1a week · 16% of days
Daylight
9h 57mon average

Is December a good time to visit Rancho Palos Verdes?

A good month, just outside Rancho Palos Verdes's best months, which run in two parts: April to July, or October to 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 68°F in December, against 68°F to 84°F through the year.Highs near 20°C in December, against 20°C to 29°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

16% of days in December, against 1% to 19% through the year.

Cloud cover

43% cover in December, against 11% to 44% through the year.

Daylight

9h 57m in December, against 9h 57m to 14h 21m 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. November74°23°low 53°low 12°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  2. December68°20°low 47°low 8°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  3. January68°20°low 47°low 8°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.

Where Rancho Palos Verdes sits, in December

America/Los Angeles
this place
typical high in December 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-December
6:51 AMsets 4:46 PM
Above the sea
30 mlow-lying
Latitude
33.7°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Los Angeles36 km north

The land around Rancho Palos Verdes, 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 Rancho Palos Verdes

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), read 9 km north-east of Rancho Palos Verdes. Its own grid square is mostly sea and holds only a daily average, so the page reads the nearest square with a true high and low near the town's height. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. 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.