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Typical December weather
Los Angeles
California · December
67° days
48° nights
about 4 rainy days · 10 hours of daylight · ocean 60°
What to pack
- Light jacket
What December feels like
December can hand you a week of weather or a run of clear, sharp days, and often both. Locals ski Big Bear in the morning and eat outside in Venice at night, which is the entire pitch of the place. Holiday traffic is worse than the weather, by a distance.
Expect about 4 days with real rain — enough to notice, not enough to plan around.
Can you swim?
The ocean runs about 60° — cold — a quick dip takes resolve.
The numbers
| Typical high | 67° |
|---|---|
| Typical low | 48° |
| Days with real rain | 4 |
| Total rain | 2.5 in |
| Water temperature | 60° |
| Sunrise / sunset (mid-month) | 6:51 am / 4:45 pm |