Los Ángeles weather in October

In October, Los Ángeles sees average daytime highs of 18°C and overnight lows near 7°C, with 71 mm of rain across 8.1 wet days and about 13 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 17°C in the first days to 19°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 38% of the time in October, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 24 min at the start of October to 13 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, October is Los Ángeles's 7th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Los Ángeles's year-round climate.

Daytime high
18°
7th warmest
Overnight low
6th coldest
Rainfall
71 mm
8.1 wet days
Daylight
13 hours
7:05 AM – 8:04 PM
Cloud cover
52%
7th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
5.86 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.3
out of 10

Los Ángeles is city in Chile.

Air quality
Elevated
PM2.5 22.5 µg/m³ · 2019
Density
4,182/km²
people per km²
Founded
1739

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in October

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 17°C in the first days to 19°C by the end.

A typical October day in Los Ángeles reaches about 18°C in the afternoon and slips back to 7°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 14°C and 22°C. Set against its neighbours, October runs about 2°C warmer than September and about 3°C cooler than November.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1177
2177
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Los Ángeles weather by month

How October compares with the rest of the year at a glance. October is the 7th-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan26° / 12°15214.38.6
Feb26° / 12°252.513.48.6
Mar23° / 10°343.912.38.4
Apr19° / 856.811.16.6
May15° / 17811104.4
Jun12° / 25215.59.52.8
Jul12° / 193149.72.9
Aug13° / 1691310.63.6
Sep16° / 949.511.75.0
Oct18° / 718.1136.3
Nov21° / 405.2147.5
Dec24° / 11°303.914.58.5

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 38% of the time in October.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of October, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 46%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14951
24951
34951
45050
55050
65050
75149
85248
95248
105248
115347
125446
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Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

Los Ángeles gets around 71 mm of rain over 8.1 wet days in October. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 26% and peaks near 29% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
128
228
328
429
529
629
729
829
929
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1128
1228
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1526
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1725
1825
1925
2024
2124
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2323
2423
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2723
2823
2923
3023
3123

Humidity in October

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of October feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, October lands in the dry band about 99% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
11000
21000
31000
41000
51000
61000
71000
81000
91000
101000
111000
121000
131000
141000
151000
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17991
18991
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21991
22982
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27973
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30973
31973

Wind in October

Winds average 12 km/h in October.

Across October, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
112calm
212calm
312light breeze
412light breeze
512light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in October

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 24 min at the start of October to 13 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 66 minutes over October. Sunrise moves from 7:27 AM to 6:47 AM, and sunset from 7:50 PM to 8:19 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.47:277:50
212.47:257:51
312.57:247:52
412.57:227:53
512.57:217:53
612.67:197:54
712.67:187:55
812.77:167:56
912.77:157:57
1012.77:137:58
1112.87:127:59
1212.87:118:00
1312.97:098:01
1412.97:088:02
1512.97:068:03
1613.07:058:04
1713.07:048:05
1813.17:028:06
1913.17:018:07
2013.17:008:08
2113.26:588:09
2213.26:578:10
2313.36:568:11
2413.36:558:12
2513.36:538:13
2613.46:528:14
2713.46:518:15
2813.46:508:16
2913.56:498:17
3013.56:488:18
3113.56:478:19

Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 5.86 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.67 kWh/m² to a high of 8.35 kWh/m² in January across the year — October's 5.86 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.1Bright
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135.7Bright
145.8Bright
155.8Bright
165.9Bright
175.9Bright
186.0Bright
196.0Intense
206.1Intense
216.1Intense
226.2Intense
236.2Intense
246.3Intense
256.3Intense
266.4Intense
276.4Intense
286.5Intense
296.5Intense
306.5Intense
316.6Intense
Planning a trip in October

Hazard calendar for Los Ángeles

In seasonPeak

None of Los Ángeles's seasonal hazards are active in October. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Los Ángeles's rainy season runs May–August, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is October a good time to visit Los Ángeles?

Our two travel scores rate October for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

6.3
Sightseeing
7th-best month of the year
2.2
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

October is a reasonable time to visit Los Ángeles for sightseeing.

What to pack for Los Ángeles in October

From October's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In October, Los Ángeles sees daytime highs around 18°C and nights near 7°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 8 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

UV index in Los Ángeles in October

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in October peaks around 8 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Los Ángeles peaks around January 11 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 15 at about 2 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 9 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highModerateVery highExtremeJan 11UV 12Jun 15UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan12Extreme
Feb11Extreme
Mar8Very high
Apr5Moderate
May2Moderate
Jun2Low
Jul2Moderate
Aug3Moderate
Sep5Moderate
Oct8Very high
Nov10Very high
Dec12Extreme

Air quality in Los Ángeles in October

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where October falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Los Ángeles is worst in April — around 39 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 3.0× the cleanest month (December, 13 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Los Ángeles's WHO annual average of 22.5 µg/m³.

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateModeratePoorModerateApr 2139 µg/m³Dec 1813 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan13Moderate
Feb38Poor
Mar31Moderate
Apr39Poor
May37Poor
Jun16Moderate
Jul15Moderate
Aug18Moderate
Sep18Moderate
Oct18Moderate
Nov13Moderate
Dec13Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Los Ángeles?

Los Ángeles sits at 37.5°S, 72.4°W, 141 m above sea level, in Chile. The nearest listed city is Nacimiento, 28 km away.

Topography around Los Ángeles

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Los Ángeles.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Los Ángeles has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 67 m around an average of 137 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 228 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,178 m.

The land around Los Ángeles is covered by artificial surfaces (52%) and trees (23%) within 3 km, trees (40%), grassland (26%) and cropland (24%) within 16 km, and trees (68%) within 80 km.

3 km
67 m
16 km
228 m
80 km
3,178 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
October weather nearby: Nacimiento 28 km · Mulchén 29 km · Villa Mercedes 34 km · Angol 48 km · Cabrero 49 km · Collipulli 54 km · Hualqui 76 km · Quillón 81 km

Chile travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / F / L
220 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 48% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$17,995
2025
Happiness
6.3 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
98%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
6.3
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
14.9
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
English
Moderate
EF EPI 517
Religion
Catholic 57%none 26%Evangelical or Protestant 16%other Christians and traditions related to Christ 1%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Los Ángeles (-37.4697°, -72.3537°, elevation 141 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).