Los Angeles · United States
August
Still peak everything — identical to July with slightly higher inland temperatures.
Worth considering
#11 of 12 months
There are better months for Los Angeles — see the full ranking below.
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High
28.5°C
Low
18.5°C
Rain
1mm
Sun
11hrs/day
30-year climate normals · Open Meteo ERA5
How August scores in Los Angeles
Weather
Very good
Value
Below average
Crowds
Below average
Events
Good
Atmosphere
Very good
What you gain in August
- ↑August matches July's sunshine totals and beach conditions. The ocean is at its warmest (19–20°C), making swimming and surfing at spots like El Porto and Zuma Beach genuinely enjoyable without a wetsuit. Sunset Cruise operators from Marina del Rey run their busiest and most atmospheric schedule.
- ↑The LA County Fair begins at the Pomona Fairplex in late August — 1.3 million annual visitors, carnival rides, agricultural exhibits, and some of the city's most absurd deep-fried food. A genuinely LA experience that most tourists miss.
- ↑Hollywood Bowl summer season continues through August with its most eclectic and heavily-attended programming of the year.
What you sacrifice
- ↓Peak pricing persists through August. If anything, the last two weeks of August can be marginally more expensive than July as European visitors arrive in greater numbers before the school year begins.
- ↓Santa Ana wind precursors can occasionally push hot, dry air from the desert toward the coast in August, erasing the coastal temperature advantage and pushing LA-wide temperatures into the 35–40°C range for days at a time.
- ↓The city's traffic is at its annual worst. The 405, 101, and 10 freeways routinely see 3–4 hour commute windows morning and evening. Allow double the Google Maps driving time estimate for any itinerary.
How August compares to April (best month)
| Factor | August | April ★ |
|---|---|---|
| Weather | 7 | 9 |
| Value | 3 | 6 |
| Crowds | 3 | 6 |
August in other destinations
Lisbon (26.5°C)Barcelona (28.6°C)Tokyo (32.1°C)Bali (29.9°C)Santorini (26°C)Paris (24.3°C)New York (27.7°C)Marrakech (35.8°C)Amsterdam (21.4°C)Maldives (30.3°C)Rome (30.4°C)Bangkok (31.5°C)Istanbul (28°C)Vienna (25.9°C)Seoul (29°C)Dubrovnik (28.5°C)Rio de Janeiro (25.9°C)Kyoto (33.7°C)Phuket (31.3°C)Cape Town (17.2°C)Prague (26°C)Amalfi Coast (31°C)Mexico City (23°C)Medellín (29°C)Fiji (26°C)London (24°C)Sydney (18°C)Iceland (14°C)Tulum (33°C)Dubai (42°C)Singapore (32°C)Hoi An (33°C)Chiang Mai (31°C)Miami (33.3°C)Florence (31.8°C)Queenstown (9°C)Madrid (35.2°C)Porto (27°C)Edinburgh (19°C)Copenhagen (22°C)Budapest (28°C)Kraków (24°C)Tbilisi (31°C)Palawan (30°C)Hanoi (32°C)Osaka (34°C)Goa (30°C)Cusco (20°C)Buenos Aires (15°C)Mykonos (30°C)Zanzibar (26°C)Sri Lanka (30°C)Costa Rica (25°C)Cancun (32°C)Krabi (32°C)Athens (33°C)Seville (36°C)Cartagena (31°C)Siem Reap (31°C)Havana (32°C)Split (30°C)Taipei (34°C)Kuala Lumpur (32°C)Valletta (32°C)Ho Chi Minh City (32°C)Hawaii (31°C)Cappadocia (32°C)Dominican Republic (32°C)Jamaica (33°C)Tanzania (23°C)Seychelles (26°C)Nepal (27°C)Jordan (36°C)Azores (27°C)Bora Bora (26°C)Cairo (38.2°C)Kenya (24°C)Jaipur (32.8°C)Las Vegas (40.1°C)San Francisco (18°C)Madeira (28°C)Vancouver (23.3°C)Muscat (38.5°C)Lima (17.2°C)Cinque Terre (29°C)Kotor (32°C)Tel Aviv (32°C)Santiago (15°C)Bogotá (19°C)Bruges (22.4°C)Penang (32.3°C)Lombok (30.4°C)Cape Verde (29.5°C)Fez (37.2°C)Kerala (29°C)Kigali (26°C)Hong Kong (31°C)Oslo (23°C)Auckland (14°C)
Climate data: 30-year normals (1991–2020) from Open Meteo ERA5 reanalysis. Scores compare months within Los Angeles, not across destinations. Methodology →