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Rancho Palos Verdes in October

Warm and dry, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

October in Rancho Palos Verdes is warm: highs near 80°F, lows near 60°F. Rain is rare, and the days shorten by 42 minutes from the first week to the last.October in Rancho Palos Verdes is warm: highs near 27°C, lows near 16°C. Rain is rare, and the days shorten by 42 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
80°F27°Caverage
Low
60°F16°Caverage
Wet days
0a week · 5% of days
Daylight
11h 15mon average

Is October a good time to visit Rancho Palos Verdes?

Yes. October is one of Rancho Palos Verdes's best months (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 October sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 80°F in October, against 68°F to 84°F through the year.Highs near 27°C in October, against 20°C to 29°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

5% of days in October, against 1% to 19% through the year.

Cloud cover

21% cover in October, against 11% to 44% through the year.

Daylight

11h 15m in October, against 9h 57m to 14h 21m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. September83°28°low 63°low 17°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  2. October80°27°low 60°low 16°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  3. November74°23°low 53°low 12°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.

Where Rancho Palos Verdes sits, in October

America/Los Angeles
this place
typical high in October 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-October
6:57 AMsets 6:21 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 October, 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 October

high · low · wet days
See October 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.