Cloudy skies · California
How cloudy is Los Angeles?
Los Angeles right now
60°FA few clouds
- Today66°F / 60°FClouds
- Tomorrow72°F / 58°FClouds
- Monday66°F / 56°FClouds
Nature called in sick.
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In a typical year, the sky over Los Angeles is mostly cloudy or overcast about 34% of the time, and clear or nearly clear about 46%.
February is the cloudiest month, mostly cloudy about 41% of the time, and August the least cloudy, at about 26%. Across winter, December to February, it’s mostly cloudy about 38% of the time. That makes it the 31st least cloudy sky of the 116 US cities we track.
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The forecast for the next 48 hours has the sky mostly cloudy about 19% of the time.
Los Angeles’s cloudiest month is February, at about 41% mostly cloudy, which is the city’s way of reminding everyone that winter exists here too.
Live 48-hour forecast from OpenWeatherMap, refreshed about every half hour. Alerts from the National Weather Service.
The sky at a glance
| Mostly cloudy or overcast, all year | 34% |
|---|---|
| Clear or nearly clear, all year | 46% |
| Mostly cloudy, December to February | 38% |
| Cloudiest month | February, 41% |
| Least cloudy month | August, 26% |
Shares of hours across a typical year. Mostly cloudy means at least five eighths of the sky covered; clear or nearly clear means two eighths or less.
Cities with about the same sky
- Bismarck, North Dakota: mostly cloudy about 34% of the time
- Helena, Montana: mostly cloudy about 34% of the time
- Charleston, South Carolina: mostly cloudy about 34% of the time
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Source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, hourly, 1991 to 2020, station USW00023174. Airport sensors see cloud up to about 12,000 feet, so thin high cloud isn’t counted.