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Los Angeles, CA vs San Francisco, CA weather comparison

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Los Angeles sees rain or snow on roughly 42 fewer days each year.

Los Angeles enjoys about 53 more sunny days a year than San Francisco.

The year at a glance

Averages from 30 years of climate history, 1991-2020

Annual weather statistics for Los Angeles, CA and San Francisco, CA
Los AngelesMetricSan Francisco
300 daysSunny daysclear or partly cloudy skies248 days
13 inPrecipitationper year23 in
30 daysWet daysrain or snow per year71 days
0 inSnowfallper year0 in
7 daysHot daysabove 90 °F3 days
0 daysFreezing nightsat or below 32 °F0 days
65%Humidityaverage relative77%
64 °FAverage temperatureyear round58 °F

Monthly temperatures

Average daily high and low for each month, in °F. The gap between the two lines is what an ordinary day feels like across the year.

Los AngelesSan Francisco

Daily highs

607080JanMarMayJulSepNovLos Angeles, Jan: 67 °FLos Angeles, Feb: 66 °FLos Angeles, Mar: 68 °FLos Angeles, Apr: 70 °FLos Angeles, May: 71 °FLos Angeles, Jun: 74 °FLos Angeles, Jul: 77 °FLos Angeles, Aug: 79 °FLos Angeles, Sep: 78 °FLos Angeles, Oct: 76 °FLos Angeles, Nov: 71 °FLos Angeles, Dec: 66 °FSan Francisco, Jan: 58 °FSan Francisco, Feb: 60 °FSan Francisco, Mar: 62 °FSan Francisco, Apr: 63 °FSan Francisco, May: 64 °FSan Francisco, Jun: 66 °FSan Francisco, Jul: 66 °FSan Francisco, Aug: 68 °FSan Francisco, Sep: 70 °FSan Francisco, Oct: 70 °FSan Francisco, Nov: 64 °FSan Francisco, Dec: 58 °F

Daily lows

505560JanMarMayJulSepNovLos Angeles, Jan: 48 °FLos Angeles, Feb: 49 °FLos Angeles, Mar: 51 °FLos Angeles, Apr: 53 °FLos Angeles, May: 57 °FLos Angeles, Jun: 60 °FLos Angeles, Jul: 63 °FLos Angeles, Aug: 64 °FLos Angeles, Sep: 62 °FLos Angeles, Oct: 58 °FLos Angeles, Nov: 52 °FLos Angeles, Dec: 47 °FSan Francisco, Jan: 47 °FSan Francisco, Feb: 48 °FSan Francisco, Mar: 49 °FSan Francisco, Apr: 50 °FSan Francisco, May: 51 °FSan Francisco, Jun: 53 °FSan Francisco, Jul: 55 °FSan Francisco, Aug: 56 °FSan Francisco, Sep: 56 °FSan Francisco, Oct: 54 °FSan Francisco, Nov: 51 °FSan Francisco, Dec: 47 °F
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Monthly temperatures (°F)
CityJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Los Angeles high676668707174777978767166
San Francisco high586062636466666870706458
Los Angeles low484951535760636462585247
San Francisco low474849505153555656545147

Monthly precipitation

Total rain plus melted snow for each month, in inches. Taller bars mean wetter months.

Los AngelesSan Francisco
0.02.04.0JanMarMayJulSepNovLos Angeles, Jan: 3.1 inLos Angeles, Feb: 3.3 inLos Angeles, Mar: 2.2 inLos Angeles, Apr: 0.7 inLos Angeles, May: 0.3 inLos Angeles, Jun: 0.1 inLos Angeles, Jul: 0.1 inLos Angeles, Aug: 0.0 inLos Angeles, Sep: 0.1 inLos Angeles, Oct: 0.6 inLos Angeles, Nov: 0.7 inLos Angeles, Dec: 2.0 inSan Francisco, Jan: 4.5 inSan Francisco, Feb: 4.7 inSan Francisco, Mar: 3.5 inSan Francisco, Apr: 1.6 inSan Francisco, May: 0.8 inSan Francisco, Jun: 0.2 inSan Francisco, Jul: 0.0 inSan Francisco, Aug: 0.0 inSan Francisco, Sep: 0.1 inSan Francisco, Oct: 1.0 inSan Francisco, Nov: 2.2 inSan Francisco, Dec: 4.2 in
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Monthly precipitation (inches)
CityJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Los Angeles3.13.32.20.70.30.10.10.00.10.60.72.0
San Francisco4.54.73.51.60.80.20.00.00.11.02.24.2

Monthly sunny days

Days each month with clear or partly cloudy skies, so compare the same month between cities.

Los AngelesSan Francisco
0102030JanMarMayJulSepNovLos Angeles, Jan: 20 daysLos Angeles, Feb: 18 daysLos Angeles, Mar: 22 daysLos Angeles, Apr: 25 daysLos Angeles, May: 26 daysLos Angeles, Jun: 28 daysLos Angeles, Jul: 30 daysLos Angeles, Aug: 30 daysLos Angeles, Sep: 29 daysLos Angeles, Oct: 27 daysLos Angeles, Nov: 24 daysLos Angeles, Dec: 22 daysSan Francisco, Jan: 14 daysSan Francisco, Feb: 13 daysSan Francisco, Mar: 16 daysSan Francisco, Apr: 19 daysSan Francisco, May: 22 daysSan Francisco, Jun: 25 daysSan Francisco, Jul: 28 daysSan Francisco, Aug: 27 daysSan Francisco, Sep: 27 daysSan Francisco, Oct: 24 daysSan Francisco, Nov: 18 daysSan Francisco, Dec: 15 days
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Monthly sunny days (days)
CityJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Los Angeles201822252628303029272422
San Francisco141316192225282727241815

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About this data

Every figure on this page is a 30 year average computed from daily climate history for 1991-2020, using each city's own coordinates. Wet days count days with measurable precipitation, calibrated against the wet day counts in NOAA's published climate normals. Sunny days count clear plus partly cloudy days, defined as average cloud cover of 63 percent or less and calibrated against NOAA's published sky cover tables. Snowfall figures are model estimates anchored to NOAA station measurements near each city.

Weather data by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information (ERA5, ERA5-Land).