Weather in Los Angeles in January 2025
- January is usually the coldest month of the year in Los Angeles;
Average weather
Average temperature in Los Angeles in January
Going from a maximum of +72°F during the day to a minimum of +43°F during the night, the temperature in January averages around +63°F.
The average maximum temperature goes up 13% by the end of the month, compared with the beginning of the month, from +61°F to +64°F.
Is Los Angeles warm or cold in January?
Los Angeles is typically mild in January.
Maximum temperatures go up compared to the previous month from +68°F to +68°F. The minimum temperature also goes up from +48°F to +50°F.
Pack a light jacket as it will be warm in the day and cool in the evenings.
January is the coldest month in Los Angeles, here is the comparison with other months:
Water temperature in Los Angeles in January
Water in Los Angeles in January is Cold. It varies from +56°F to +61°F, with an average of +58°F. The air temperature averaging +68°F is higher than the water temperature.
The water temperature in January is one of the coldest of the entire year:
Can you swim in Los Angeles in January?
Climate in Los Angeles in January
| December | January | February | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg. temperature | ||||||
| +68°F | +68°F | +70°F | ||||
| Min. temperature | ||||||
| +30°F | +32°F | +32°F | ||||
| Max. temperature | ||||||
| +88°F | +90°F | +90°F | ||||
| Rainfall | ||||||
| 58 mm | 74 mm | 82 mm | ||||
| Wind | ||||||
| 0 m/s | 0 m/s | 0 m/s | ||||
| Avg. water temperature | ||||||
| +60°F | +58°F | +59°F | ||||
| Humidity | ||||||
| 61% | 64% | 65% | ||||
| Air pressure | ||||||
| 1017 HPa | 1017 HPa | 1016 HPa | ||||
| Sunny days | ||||||
| 15 | 14 | 12 | ||||
| Cloudy days | ||||||
| 8 | 9 | 8 | ||||
| Rainy days | ||||||
| 8 | 8 | 9 | ||||
| Snowy days | ||||||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
January weather is still as good as in December. The temperature levels stay the same in the area of +68°F for average maximum temperature during the day. Prepare for more rain. Average rainfall goes from 58 mm to 74 mm. Humidity rises from 61% to 64%. The average wind speed doesn’t change much during January, staying around 0 m/s. The days becoming less sunny, going from 15 sunny days in December to 14 in January.
February brings much the same weather, it remains good.
Wind
The average wind speed is 1 m/s getting up to 2 m/s which is a light breeze; barely moving the tree leaves.
The average wind speed in Los Angeles is gradually decreasing during January, going from 1 m/s to 0 m/s over the course of the month.
Rain
How was the weather last January in Los Angeles?
Climate Change Over the Years
The climate in Los Angeles in January has not changed that much over the last 43 years.
The average temperature was the lowest in 2023 (+74°F) and the highest in 2015 (+81°F). The driest year was 2007 with only 120 mm of rainfall, and the wettest year was 2023 with 998 mm.
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Source of the data
For this page, we’ve looked at the typical weather in Los Angeles, based on historical hourly weather data from January 1, 1979, to December 31, 2023.
For past dates, we show actual recorded data at the location at that time. Forecasts are based on recorded weather during that day of the year, averaged over the total years for which we have records (unless stated otherwise). The daily temperature is the highest recorded temperature in the shadow during that day.