Climate averages 1991–2020
Los Ángeles weather
in January.
A warm, fairly dry month: the warmest and the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Los Ángeles: daytime highs average 26.5°C and nights cool to about 12.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 15 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 25 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Villa Mercedes, Chile (34 km away). In January its highs average 24.9°C, 1.6°C cooler than Los Ángeles, with 26 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Chile, Los Ángeles ranks 19th of 40 for the warmest January highs and joint 31st of 40 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 40 cities is 25.5°C; Los Ángeles is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 26.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 15 mm to 25 mm.
The annual picture
January in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Los Ángeles climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 26.5°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 15 | 2.0 | 14.414 h |
| February | 26.2°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 25 | 2.5 | 13.514 h |
| March | 23.7°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 33 | 4.0 | 12.312 h |
| April | 18.9°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 85 | 6.7 | 11.211 h |
| May | 15.0°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 178 | 11.0 | 10.110 h |
| June | 12.2°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 252 | 15.5 | 9.610 h |
| July | 11.8°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 193 | 14.1 | 9.810 h |
| August | 13.1°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 169 | 13.1 | 10.711 h |
| September | 15.3°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 94 | 9.4 | 11.812 h |
| October | 17.8°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 71 | 8.1 | 13.013 h |
| November | 21.0°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 40 | 5.1 | 14.114 h |
| December | 24.2°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 30 | 3.9 | 14.715 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
January in nearby cities
- Villa Mercedes, Chile in JanuaryChile · 34 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 12.0°C · 26 mm rain
- Coronel in JanuaryChile · 85 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 14.2°C · 8.2 mm rain
- Chiguayante in JanuaryChile · 85 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 14.0°C · 7.4 mm rain
- Concepción in JanuaryChile · 94 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 13.7°C · 5.6 mm rain
- San Pedro de la Paz in JanuaryChile · 96 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 13.7°C · 5.6 mm rain
- Chillán in JanuaryChile · 99 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 13.3°C · 9.5 mm rain
- Talcahuano in JanuaryChile · 107 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 13.6°C · 5.6 mm rain
- Temuco in JanuaryChile · 142 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 11.1°C · 29 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Los Ángeles) is explained once on the Los Ángeles year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.