Towns within 2 hours of Los Angeles, ranked by this weekend's weather

This weekend's picks

The best weather within 2 hours of Los Angeles for Sat Nov 7 & Sun Nov 8.

1. Santa Barbara, CaliforniaGood
   Museum of Art · Casa del Herrero
   about 1 h 30 min
   Sat 80F, 0% rain
   Sun 80F, 0% rain
2. Palm Springs, CaliforniaGood
   Art Museum · Air Museum
   about 1 h 40 min
   Sat 83F, 0% rain
   Sun 82F, 0% rain
3. Malibu, CaliforniaGood
   Zuma Beach · Point Dume
   about 40 min
   Sat 86F, 0% rain
   Sun 86F, 0% rain

Forecast updated Wed, 10:51 AM PST.

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Weather around Los Angeles

Los Angeles weekends are a choice between the coast, the mountains and the desert, and the three can differ by 30 degrees on the same day. In late spring and early summer a marine layer can keep Malibu, Ventura and Santa Barbara gray into the afternoon while Palm Springs and Joshua Tree are clear and hot.

In winter the desert is the warm escape, and Big Bear, Lake Arrowhead and Wrightwood can have snow. Watch the highs in the desert from May to October: we mark any day above 88F, and many summer days there are well past it. This page also covers the Inland Empire, since Riverside and Corona share the same drives.

How we pick

"Good" means a high from 55F to 88F, a forecast of sun or clouds, and at most a 30% chance of rain or snow, with no thunderstorm, dangerous heat or cold, strong gusts or smoke. "Mixed" means one day is good and the other isn't. Picks are ordered by that, then by the forecast and how much of a destination the town is.

Drive times start at the center of Los Angeles and go to the center of each town. They come from a table built on OpenStreetMap and do not include traffic or seasonal road closures.

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