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Typical May weather
Los Angeles
California · May
74° days
58° nights
maybe one rainy day · 14 hours of daylight · ocean 62°
What to pack
- Sunscreen
What May feels like
The overcast has a name here, and it arrives on schedule. It usually burns off by early afternoon at the coast and never reaches the valleys at all, so if you want sun before noon, go inland. Jacarandas start dropping purple all over the east side.
Real rain shows up maybe one day all month; the rest stay dry.
Can you swim?
The ocean runs about 62° — cold — a quick dip takes resolve.
The numbers
| Typical high | 74° |
|---|---|
| Typical low | 58° |
| Days with real rain | 1 |
| Total rain | 0.3 in |
| Water temperature | 62° |
| Sunrise / sunset (mid-month) | 5:51 am / 7:47 pm |