Climate averages 1991–2020
Los Ángeles weather
in September.
A mild, wet month: the 8th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a mild month in Los Ángeles: daytime highs average 15.3°C and nights cool to about 5.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 94 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes September a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 49 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Villa Mercedes, Chile (34 km away). In September its highs average 14.5°C, 0.8°C cooler than Los Ángeles, with 145 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Chile, Los Ángeles ranks joint 30th of 40 for the warmest September highs and 33rd of 40 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 40 cities is 17.2°C; Los Ángeles is 1.8°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs rise by 2.5°C to 17.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 94 mm to 71 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Villa Mercedes, Chile in SeptemberChile · 34 kmHigh 14.5°C · Low 4.5°C · 145 mm rain
- Coronel in SeptemberChile · 85 kmHigh 15.3°C · Low 7.0°C · 84 mm rain
- Chiguayante in SeptemberChile · 85 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 6.7°C · 84 mm rain
- Concepción in SeptemberChile · 94 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 6.8°C · 62 mm rain
- San Pedro de la Paz in SeptemberChile · 96 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 7.3°C · 62 mm rain
- Chillán in SeptemberChile · 99 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 5.4°C · 96 mm rain
- Talcahuano in SeptemberChile · 107 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 7.5°C · 62 mm rain
- Temuco in SeptemberChile · 142 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 4.7°C · 113 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.