California, United States
Los Angeles
Los Angeles is a major city in California, United States. It has a population of about 3,898,747 (2020). The climate is classified as hot-summer Mediterranean (Köppen Csa), with dry, sunny summers and mild, wetter winters.
Now60°F
Best timeApr–Jun
Population3.9M
Local time05:53
34.05° N, 118.24° WElevation 292 ftUTC−7 · Pacific Daylight Time
Postal codes90004–90021, 90023 …October: high / low81° / 57°
Rain this month20mm
Best timeApr–Jun
Best: Apr–Jun. Warmth, sunshine and dry days, month by month.
Los Angeles at a glance
Sunrise · sunset07:04 · 18:1211 h 07 min of daylightThe moon tonightWaxing gibbous85% · Moonrise 16:10Next holiday8 NovemberDiwaliNext concert4 NovAfter · El Rey Theatre
Best time to visitApr–Jun
The months with the highest weather score
Warmest month88°F
Average high in August
Coolest month46°F
Average low in December
Wettest monthFebruary
102 mm of rain
Driest monthJuly
1 mm of rain
Monuments nearby10+
within 1.6 km
How Los Angeles has grown
People living in the built-up area (4,498 km² today), every five years since 1975; 2030 is the projection.
+51%8.9M in 1975 → 13.5M in 2025Weather in Los Angeles
Now and the next ten days. The 14 and 30-day outlooks are one click away.
60°F
Today hour by hourShowers · wind 5 km/h · humidity 96%
Today22 Oct68°58°7.5 mm
Fri23 Oct72°56°
Sat24 Oct76°53°
Sun25 Oct78°58°
Mon26 Oct80°58°
Tue27 Oct78°57°
Wed28 Oct75°57°
Thu29 Oct75°59°
Fri30 Oct72°60°
When to go to Los Angeles
Each month's weather score (warmth, sun, dry days) with its temperatures and rain.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 88 | 84 | 88 | 93 | 96 | 92 | 78 | 75 | 77 | 86 | 92 | 87 |
| High | 69° | 69° | 71° | 74° | 76° | 80° | 86° | 88° | 86° | 81° | 74° | 68° |
| Low | 46° | 47° | 50° | 52° | 56° | 60° | 64° | 64° | 63° | 57° | 51° | 46° |
| Rain (mm) | 89 | 102 | 65 | 31 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 40 | 63 |
| Wet days | 5 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
What's on in Los Angeles
Concerts, football matches, the public holidays ahead and the town's festivals through the year.
Los Angeles's festivals through the year
Monuments and museums in Los Angeles
0.4 km
Bradbury BuildingBuilt 1893
1.2 km
Union Bank PlazaBuilt 1965
1.6 km
Eastern Columbia BuildingBuilt 1930
1.1 km
Cecil HotelBuilt 1924
0.9 km
Los Angeles Union StationBuilt 1939
0.6 km
Pico HouseBuilt 1869
Museum0.7 km
The BroadBuilt 2015
Museum0.5 km
Japanese American National MuseumBuilt 1992More museums: African American Firefighter Museum · América Tropical Interpretative Center · Avila Adobe · Dataland · Ford House · Gallery at REDCAT · Grier-Musser Museum · Hale House · Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust · Lummis Home · Octagon House · Perry Mansion
Outdoors around Los Angeles
Hiking routes from the town, and what there is to do within 15 km: huts, viewpoints, climbing, camping, ski areas and dive sites.
Montebello Barnyard ZooZoos
1.6 kmLA BouldersClimbing
1.7 kmSpa PalaceHot springs & thermal baths
2.4 kmBrookside Golf ClubGolf courses
3.2 kmLos Angeles ZooZoos · 499 ft
3.2 kmUniversal Studios HollywoodTheme parks
6.2 kmEco Dive CenterDive site
16 kmIn2DeepDive site
20 kmNature around Los Angeles
Wildlife in October
The birds and mammals of United States seen most this month, compared with the rest of their year.
The sky over Los Angeles
Earthquakes around Los Angeles
The last 30 days within 300 km, and the record since 1950.
Last 30 days25magnitude 2.5+ within 300 kmSince 195063magnitude 5+ within 150 kmSignificant earthquakes on record53within 300 km
Strongest nearby since 1950
7.5Grapevine 7 km ←1952 · 122 km
6.7Hidden Hills 12 km ↗1994 · 32 km
6.6Agua Dulce 10 km ↙1971 · 42 km
6.3Big Bear Lake 9 km ↘1992 · 131 km
Fossil sites near this town
Fossil sites: 37 · 0 km
Quaternary · 24Neogene · 13
Formations around the town
Mammoths and mastodons · 1Mammut
Universities and research institutes
University of Southern CaliforniaUniversity or college · founded 1880
Occidental CollegeUniversity or college · founded 1887
Dongguk University Los AngelesUniversity or college · founded 1906
West Coast UniversityUniversity or college · founded 1909
Loyola Marymount UniversityUniversity or college · founded 1911
Southwestern Law SchoolUniversity or college · founded 1911
Otis College of Art and DesignUniversity or college · founded 1918
University of California, Los AngelesUniversity or college · founded 1919
Los Angeles Trade Technical CollegeUniversity or college · founded 1925
Mount St. Mary's UniversityUniversity or college · founded 1925
Pacific States UniversityUniversity or college · founded 1928
Los Angeles City CollegeUniversity or college · founded 1929
American Jewish UniversityUniversity or college · founded 1947
California State University Los AngelesUniversity or college · founded 1947
Los Angeles Pierce CollegeUniversity or college · founded 1947
Los Angeles Harbor CollegeUniversity or college · founded 1949
Los Angeles Valley CollegeUniversity or college · founded 1949
Columbia College HollywoodUniversity or college · founded 1952
Los Angeles Unified School DistrictUniversity or college · founded 1961
Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and ScienceUniversity or college · founded 1966
Los Angeles Southwest CollegeUniversity or college · founded 1967
Southern California Institute of ArchitectureUniversity or college · founded 1972
Center for the Study of Community CollegesUniversity or college · founded 1974
Los Angeles Mission CollegeUniversity or college · founded 1975
Yeshiva Ohr Elchonon Chabad West Coast Talmudical SeminaryUniversity or college · founded 1977
Preston UniversityUniversity or college · founded 1984
The Master's SeminaryUniversity or college · founded 1986
Language Systems International College of EnglishUniversity or college · founded 1987
World Mission UniversityUniversity or college · founded 1989
Yo San UniversityUniversity or college · founded 1989
Institute of Contemporary PsychoanalysisUniversity or college · founded 1991
Abraham Lincoln UniversityUniversity or college · founded 1996
Academy for Jewish Religion CaliforniaUniversity or college · founded 2000
Piedmont UniversityUniversity or college · founded 2000
Education Coordinating CouncilUniversity or college · founded 2004
International American UniversityUniversity or college · founded 2006
University Vascular AssociatesUniversity or college · founded 2006
GameDeskUniversity or college · founded 2009
Archival Education and Research InstituteUniversity or college
Claremont School of TheologyUniversity or college
Higher Education Research InstituteUniversity or college
Minu-Sepehr Aerospace UniversityUniversity or college
University of Philosophical ResearchUniversity or college
Griffith ObservatoryResearch institute · founded 1935
Doheny Eye InstituteResearch institute · founded 1947
CalNeuro Research GroupResearch institute · founded 1982
Vital ResearchResearch institute · founded 1982
Center for 17th- & 18th-Century StudiesResearch institute · founded 1985
Getty Conservation InstituteResearch institute · founded 1985
Getty Research InstituteResearch institute · founded 1985
Mendez National Institute of TransplantationResearch institute · founded 1989
Saban Research InstituteResearch institute · founded 1992
M.C. Gill Composites CenterResearch institute · founded 1995
Maloney Vision InstituteResearch institute · founded 1998
California NanoSystems InstituteResearch institute · founded 2000
Williams Institute, Williams Institute on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Law and Public PolicyResearch institute · founded 2001
Academic Medical Research InstituteResearch institute · founded 2007
American Institute of ResearchResearch institute · founded 2008
Southern California Clinical and Translational Science InstituteResearch institute · founded 2008
Institute for Magnetospheric PhysicsResearch institute · founded 2010
AXIS Clinical TrialsResearch institute
Center for the Study of Healthcare Provider BehaviorResearch institute
Ellison Medical InstituteResearch institute
Institute of International StudiesResearch institute
Los Angeles Neurological InstituteResearch institute
NSF CI CompassResearch institute
Terasaki FoundationResearch institute
UCLA Clinical and Translational Science InstituteResearch institute
Towns and villages around Los Angeles
Each with its own page: weather, climate and the best time to visit.
Clement Junction4.3 kmVernon5.5 kmHobart5.7 kmEast Los Angeles7.3 kmHuntington Park8 kmMaywood9.1 kmFlorence-Graham9.4 kmCommerce9.6 kmBell9.8 kmOlga9.8 kmGlendale10 kmWalker10 kmSouth Pasadena11 kmMonterey Park11 kmSouth Gate11 kmCudahy12 kmAlhambra12 kmRaymond Hill12 kmMorningside Park13 kmBell Gardens13 kmVinvale13 kmWestmont13 kmSan Gabriel14 kmMontebello14 kmSouth San Gabriel14 kmLynwood14 kmBandini14 kmPasadena14 kmInglewood14 kmSan Marino15 km
Los Angeles from above
Around Los Angeles40 places to see, do and reach nearby
Hollywood ReservoirNature6.9 miSilver Lake ReservoirNature3.6 miEcho Park LakeNature1.8 miRio HondoNature9.2 miCompton CreekNature15 miVerdugo WashNature10 miSanta Monica State BeachNature15 miVenice Beach, CaliforniaNature14 miStrawberry PeakMountain17 miSan Gabriel PeakMountain16 miVetter MountainMountain21 miMount LoweMountain15 miMount LukensMountain15 miSaddle PeakMountain24 miEco Dive CenterDive site10 miIn2DeepDive site12 miBradbury BuildingMonument0.3 miUnion Bank PlazaMonument0.8 miEastern Columbia BuildingMonument1.0 miCecil HotelMonument0.7 miLos Angeles Union StationMonument0.5 miPico HouseMonument0.4 miLos Angeles TheatreMonument0.6 miMillion Dollar TheaterMonument0.3 miThe BroadMuseum0.4 miJapanese American National MuseumMuseum0.3 miChinese American MuseumMuseum0.3 miLA Plaza de Cultura y ArtesMuseum0.3 miVelveteriaMuseum0.6 miLos Angeles Union StationStation0.6 miCal State LAStation4.3 miGlendaleStation5.0 miWaterfront WalkFerry port13 miBurton Chace ParkFerry port13 miGlendalePlace6.3 miPasadenaPlace8.7 miSanta MonicaPlace14 miBurbankPlace9.6 miInglewoodPlace8.9 miEl MontePlace12 mi
Postal codes
90004–900219002390026–9003990041–90042900469004890050–90055900579006090062–900639006590067–9006890070–9007290074–900769007890080–9008490086–9008890090–900919009390096900999013490189
Getting to Los Angeles
Jack Northrop Field Hawthorne Municipal AirportHHR
17 kmLos Angeles International AirportLAX
20 kmHollywood Burbank/Bob Hope AirportBUR
20 kmLos Angeles Union StationRailway station
1 kmCal State LARailway station
7 kmGlendaleRailway station
8.1 kmWaterfront WalkFerry port
20 kmBurton Chace ParkFerry port
21 kmPlaces near Los Angeles
Places with a climate like Los Angeles
Matched month by month on temperature, rain and sunshine.
Frequently asked questions
When is the best time to visit Los Angeles?
Based on 30-year climate normals, April, May and June offer the best balance of comfortable temperatures, low rainfall and sunshine in Los Angeles.
What is the hottest month in Los Angeles?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 88°F and lows of 64°F.
What is the coldest month in Los Angeles?
December is the coldest month, with average highs of 68°F and lows of 46°F.
What is the rainiest month in Los Angeles?
February is the wettest month with about 4.0 in of precipitation on 6 wet days.
What is the postal code of Los Angeles?
Los Angeles has 72 postal codes: 90004–90021, 90023, 90026–90039, 90041–90042, 90046, 90048, 90050–90055, 90057, 90060, 90062–90063, 90065, 90067–90068 ….