Santa Monica, USA

There are 110 mediterranean destinations in our catalog, and Santa Monica's numbers hold their own: a 100/100 sun score at its June peak, when rain interrupts barely 2% of days. For a sand-and-sea holiday along the Mediterranean, the data is a good starting point.

The year runs from average lows of 8°C in January to highs of 29°C in August. Rain is most likely in March, when about 24% of days see meaningful rainfall, and least likely in July (1%). If 24°C is your bar for proper warmth, count on June–October.

Season by season (on the northern calendar), spring brings 21°C highs with 12% rain-day odds, summer 27°C at 2%, autumn 25°C at 6%, and winter 19°C at 18%. That makes summer the statistical sweet spot (season score 100), with autumn a workable second; winter is where the odds thin out. For warmth without the densest crowds, the shoulder play is June: still 25°C highs, with a sun score of 100.

Best months to visit Santa Monica

Our month-by-month scoring puts June first (100/100), with July (100) and August (99) close behind. Anything in January–December clears our 70-point reliability bar. The month to avoid on pure weather odds is January (75/100).

For context: in June, Santa Monica is drier than 92% of the mediterranean destinations we track.

Month-by-month breakdown for Santa Monica → · More destinations for June →

Right now the 16-day outlook shows 6 mostly-clear days (under 40% cloud) and none with real rain risk, with temperatures between 15°C and 28°C — which is how Santa Monica earns its current 87/100 sun score.