May 17, 2012

Los Angeles

TRAVEL GUIDE

Overview

Have you ever thought of visiting Hollywood? The City of Angels, as it is usually called, LA is a place where the rich and famous usually stay. It is the city that never runs out of tourists whatever time of the year it may be. It is a pretty huge city that is divided into 80 individual districts. Here are some of the areas in LA:

  • Greater Hollywood
  • Hollywood
  • Eastside LA
  • Northeast LA
  • South LA
  • Harbor Area
  • Willshire
  • Westside
  • San Fernando Valley
  • Crescenta Valley
  • West Adams
  • Watts
  • Leimart Park
  • Baldwin Hills
  • Venice Beach
  • Downtowm Financial District
  • Los Feliz
  • Silver Lake
  • Koreatown
  • Westwood
  • Bel Air
  • Benedict Canyon
  • Hollywood Hills
  • Pacific Pallisades
  • Hancock Park
  • Brentwood
  • Century City

Map

Weather / Climate

Los   Angeles is said to have a subtropical-Mediterranean type of climate. It is pretty much very sunny throughout the entire year with only about 35 days of rain.

On the average, downtown LA has 19 to 24 degrees C during the day and about 14 degrees at night. The coldest is January with 15 to 23 degrees C (daytime) and 7-13 degrees C (at night). On the other hand, the warmest month is August at 26-32 degrees C (daytime) and around 18 degrees C (at night).

The microclimate and June Gloom or May Grey phenomenon always happens to LA. The June Gloom has foggy skies during the morning along the coast.

Every year, around 15.14 inches of rain occur. There are also mild drizzles/showers from November to April but develops to thunderstorms or winter storms.

Travel Weather Forecast for Los Angeles
Today05/18/201205/19/201205/20/201205/21/2012
It is forcast to be Chance of a Thunderstorm at 10:00 PM WAT on May 17, 2012
Chance of a Thunderstorm
32°C/24°C
It is forcast to be Partly Cloudy at 10:00 PM WAT on May 18, 2012
Partly Cloudy
32°C/23°C
It is forcast to be Partly Cloudy at 10:00 PM WAT on May 19, 2012
Partly Cloudy
32°C/23°C
It is forcast to be Chance of a Thunderstorm at 10:00 PM WAT on May 20, 2012
Chance of a Thunderstorm
30°C/24°C
It is forcast to be Chance of a Thunderstorm at 10:00 PM WAT on May 21, 2012
Chance of a Thunderstorm
31°C/23°C

When to Travel

It is best to visit LA from June to September when summer is prevalent.  This is when tourists flock onto the beaches.  The highest temperature in Los Angeles can reach up to above 90 degrees F. But all throughout the year, temperatures are from 26.6 degrees C (daytime) and 21.1 degrees C (night time).

If you want to take advantage of the tours during this time of year, you really have to reserve hotels and restaurants. Make sure that you do this or you will not have a good place to stay in during your visit.