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California weather by city

VSWeather covers 661 cities and towns in California, from Los Angeles (population 3,857,897) down to Sunnyside (population 5,003). Brawley is the state's sunniest covered city at 327 sunny days a year. Mammoth Lakes is its snowiest at 210 in of snow in an average winter. Every figure is a 30 year average for 1991 to 2020.

California climate standouts

The top 10 covered cities in the state for each measure.

Sunniest

  1. 1Brawley 327 sunny days
  2. 2El Centro 327 sunny days
  3. 3Calexico 327 sunny days
  4. 4Imperial 327 sunny days
  5. 5Heber 327 sunny days
  6. 6Holtville 327 sunny days
  7. 7Calipatria 326 sunny days
  8. 8Salton City 325 sunny days
  9. 9Mecca 323 sunny days
  10. 10Blythe 320 sunny days

Snowiest

  1. 1Mammoth Lakes 210 in of snow
  2. 2Truckee 204 in of snow
  3. 3South Lake Tahoe 123 in of snow
  4. 4Paradise 76 in of snow
  5. 5Pollock Pines 74 in of snow
  6. 6Magalia 69 in of snow
  7. 7Susanville 68 in of snow
  8. 8Big Bear City 59 in of snow
  9. 9Big Bear Lake 59 in of snow
  10. 10Grass Valley 53 in of snow

Rainiest

  1. 1Crescent City 116 wet days a year
  2. 2Half Moon Bay 116 wet days a year
  3. 3McKinleyville 107 wet days a year
  4. 4Eureka 105 wet days a year
  5. 5Arcata 105 wet days a year
  6. 6Myrtletown 105 wet days a year
  7. 7Truckee 104 wet days a year
  8. 8El Granada 102 wet days a year
  9. 9Yreka 101 wet days a year
  10. 10South Lake Tahoe 97 wet days a year

Warmest

  1. 1Salton City 77 °F average
  2. 2Indio 76 °F average
  3. 3Palm Desert 76 °F average
  4. 4Desert Palms 76 °F average
  5. 5Rancho Mirage 76 °F average
  6. 6Thousand Palms 76 °F average
  7. 7Cathedral City 75 °F average
  8. 8Palm Springs 75 °F average
  9. 9Desert Hot Springs 75 °F average
  10. 10Bermuda Dunes 75 °F average

Popular California comparisons

The state's biggest cities, head to head.

All covered California cities and towns

Every place links to its full climate profile.

National rankings

See how California cities place among the sunniest cities and snowiest cities and more in the US city weather rankings.

About this data

Figures are 30 year averages for 1991 to 2020, computed from daily climate history at each city's own coordinates. Sunny days count clear plus partly cloudy days; snowfall is anchored to NOAA station measurements. Methods and sources are described on the data sources page.

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