Redondo Beach weather in August

In August, Redondo Beach sees average daytime highs of 71°F and overnight lows near 65°F, with 0.0 in of rain across 0.1 wet days and about 13.3 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 71°F through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 88% of the time in August, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 42 min at the start of August to 12 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Redondo Beach's 1st-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Redondo Beach's year-round climate.

Daytime high
71°
1st warmest
Overnight low
65°
12th coldest
Rainfall
0.0 in
0.1 wet days
Daylight
13 h 18 min
5:20 AM – 6:36 PM
Cloud cover
17%
1st clearest
Wind
7 mph
8th windiest
Solar energy
7.3 kWh/m²
Travel score
9.1
out of 10

Redondo Beach is city in Los Angeles County, California, United States.

Density
4,239/km²
people per km²
Founded
1892

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

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 71°F through the month.

A typical August day in Redondo Beach reaches about 71°F in the afternoon and slips back to 65°F overnight — a 7°F spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 68°F and 75°F. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 1°F warmer than July and on par with September.

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Avg high (°F)Avg low (°F)
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Redondo Beach weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 1st-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°F)Rainfall (inches)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan61° / 53°2.75.5105.8
Feb61° / 53°2.95.810.75.6
Mar61° / 54°1.74.311.76.0
Apr62° / 56°0.62.212.86.9
May64° / 58°0.21.113.77.6
Jun67° / 61°0.00.214.28.2
Jul70° / 64°0.10.3148.7
Aug71° / 65°0.00.113.39.1
Sep71° / 64°0.10.412.28.9
Oct69° / 62°0.51.611.18.4
Nov65° / 57°0.72.610.27.6
Dec61° / 53°1.94.69.86.1

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 88% of the time in August, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 7% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 5%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1937
2946
3946
4946
5955
6955
7955
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Redondo Beach gets around 0.0 in of rain over 0.1 wet days in August, the driest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 0% and peaks near 1% on the wettest days.

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Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, August lands in the humid band about 65% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 9% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
1131617
2130627
3130627
4130627
5129637
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Wind in August

Winds average 7 mph in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 7 mph on the calmest days to 7 mph at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (mph)Feels
17calm
27calm
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47calm
57calm
67calm
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 42 min at the start of August to 12 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 54 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:09 AM to 5:30 AM, and sunset from 6:51 PM to 6:17 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.75:096:51
213.75:096:50
313.65:106:49
413.65:116:48
513.65:116:47
613.65:126:46
713.55:136:45
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1113.45:166:41
1213.45:176:40
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2113.15:236:30
2213.15:246:29
2313.05:256:27
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2513.05:266:25
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2712.95:286:22
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Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 7.3 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.99 kWh/m² to a high of 7.91 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 7.3 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
17.6Intense
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Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Redondo Beach?

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

9.1
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
6.2
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

August is one of the better times to visit Redondo Beach for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Redondo Beach in August

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

In August, Redondo Beach sees daytime highs around 71°F and nights near 65°F. Pack sun protection.

sun protection

Sea temperature near Redondo Beach in August

The nearest coast averages about 68°F in August — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in August at about 68°F and coldest in February near 59°F.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Aug 4 to Sep 13 — about 1.3 months when the water holds above 68°F.

60°65°70°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshing
Sea temperature (°F)Comfort
Jan59Bracing
Feb59Bracing
Mar59Bracing
Apr59Cool
May62Cool
Jun65Cool
Jul67Cool
Aug68Refreshing
Sep68Refreshing
Oct66Cool
Nov63Cool
Dec60Cool

UV index in Redondo Beach in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 10 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Redondo Beach peaks around June 23 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 16 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 11 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highExtremeVery highHighModerateJun 23UV 11Dec 16UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb5Moderate
Mar5Moderate
Apr7Very high
May7Very high
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug10Very high
Sep8Very high
Oct5High
Nov3Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Air quality in Redondo Beach in August

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Redondo Beach is worst in November — around 37 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.7× the cleanest month (May, 14 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateModerateNov 1736 µg/m³May 2114 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan26Moderate
Feb24Moderate
Mar22Moderate
Apr20Moderate
May14Moderate
Jun16Moderate
Jul24Moderate
Aug20Moderate
Sep32Moderate
Oct24Moderate
Nov37Poor
Dec27Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Redondo Beach?

Redondo Beach sits at 33.8°N, 118.4°W, 62 ft above sea level, in United States. The nearest listed city is Hermosa Beach, 1.2 mi away.

Topography around Redondo Beach

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 2, 10 and 50 miles of Redondo Beach.

Within 2 miles, the terrain around Redondo Beach has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 230 ft around an average of 75 ft above sea level; within 10 miles, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,483 ft; within 50 miles, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 9,117 ft.

The land around Redondo Beach is covered by artificial surfaces (61%) and water (33%) within 2 miles, artificial surfaces (48%) and water (42%) within 10 miles, and water (48%) and artificial surfaces (21%) within 50 miles.

2 miles
230 ft
10 miles
1,483 ft
50 miles
9,117 ft
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
August weather nearby: Hermosa Beach 1.2 mi · Manhattan Beach 2.5 mi · Torrance 3.1 mi · Lawndale 3.1 mi · Hawthorne 5.0 mi · El Segundo 5.0 mi · Gardena 5.6 mi · Lomita 5.6 mi

United States travel facts

Power plugs
Type A / B
120 V · 60 Hz
Prices
≈ 100% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$90,027
2025
Happiness
6.8 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
98%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
5.8
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
12.7
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
Religion
Protestant 47%unaffiliated 23%Roman Catholic 21%Jewish 2%

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 Redondo Beach (33.8492°, -118.3884°, elevation 62 ft), 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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).