Climate averages 1991–2020
Los Ángeles weather
in October.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Los Ángeles: daytime highs average 17.8°C and nights cool to about 6.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 71 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 01 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Villa Mercedes, Chile (34 km away). In October its highs average 16.7°C, 1.1°C cooler than Los Ángeles, with 114 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Chile, Los Ángeles ranks 26th of 40 for the warmest October highs and 34th of 40 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 40 cities is 19.1°C; Los Ángeles is 1.4°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 3.3°C to 21.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 71 mm to 40 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Villa Mercedes, Chile in OctoberChile · 34 kmHigh 16.7°C · Low 6.0°C · 114 mm rain
- Coronel in OctoberChile · 85 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 8.6°C · 56 mm rain
- Chiguayante in OctoberChile · 85 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 8.3°C · 59 mm rain
- Concepción in OctoberChile · 94 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 8.3°C · 43 mm rain
- San Pedro de la Paz in OctoberChile · 96 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 8.7°C · 43 mm rain
- Chillán in OctoberChile · 99 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 7.1°C · 63 mm rain
- Talcahuano in OctoberChile · 107 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 8.9°C · 43 mm rain
- Temuco in OctoberChile · 142 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 6.1°C · 104 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.