Wat er het hele jaar speelt in Los Angeles (LA), Verenigde Staten

Rustig — de rustige maand volgens de redactie, Rose Parade

• Festival

  Rose Parade

  1 janKerst & nieuwjaarDruk

  New Year's morning in Pasadena, flower-covered floats and a hundred thousand people on Colorado Boulevard who mostly slept there. The floats stay on display for two days after. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Winter rain season (1 dec – 15 mrt), Gray whale migration (15 dec – 30 apr (meestal))

Rustig — de rustige maand volgens de redactie, Academy Awards weekend

• Festival

  Academy Awards weekend

  25 feb – 20 mrt · meestalFilmfestivalDrukSluitingen

  Hollywood Boulevard closes for the best part of a week around the ceremony, and the hotel and restaurant scene in the middle of the city behaves accordingly. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Winter rain season (1 dec – 15 mrt), Gray whale migration (15 dec – 30 apr (meestal))

Druk — tussen de pieken in, Academy Awards weekend

• Natuur

  Wildflower season

  1 mrt – 30 apr · meestalWilde bloemen & bloeiDruk

  After a wet winter the desert parks and the inland hills flower for a few weeks, and the roadsides at Antelope Valley and Walker Canyon jam solid. A dry winter cancels it. Bron ↗

• Festival

  Los Angeles Marathon

  5–25 mrt · meestalSportevenementSluitingenDruk

  Twenty-odd thousand runners on a Sunday in March, on a course that has been redrawn more than once. Whichever route it takes, a long diagonal of the city is shut to traffic until early afternoon. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Academy Awards weekend (25 feb – 20 mrt (meestal)), Winter rain season (1 dec – 15 mrt), Gray whale migration (15 dec – 30 apr (meestal))

Druk — tussen de pieken in, Wildflower season

In april begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Wildflower season (1 mrt – 30 apr (meestal)), Gray whale migration (15 dec – 30 apr (meestal))

Tussenseizoen — tussen de pieken in

• Seizoen

  May gray and June gloom

  1 mei – 30 junMistseizoen

  The marine layer sits over the coast until early afternoon most days while the valleys are already hot. Ten miles inland is a different day entirely. Bron ↗

Druk — tussen de pieken in, LA Pride

• Festival

  LA Pride

  5–15 jun · meestalDruk

  The parade and village weekend in Hollywood in early June, with Hollywood Boulevard closed for it. West Hollywood and Long Beach hold their own on other weekends, so check which one you mean. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: May gray and June gloom (1 mei – 30 jun)

Topdrukte — de drukste maand volgens de redactie, Fourth of July

• Feestdag

  Fourth of July

  4 julNationale feestdagDrukRisico

  Official shows at the Hollywood Bowl, and unofficial fireworks across the whole basin for most of the night. The fire department runs extra brush patrols, because nothing has been rained on since March. Bron ↗

Topdrukte — de drukste maand volgens de redactie, Summer break in Verenigde Staten

• Seizoen

  Sea at its warmest

  1 aug – 30 sepZee op temperatuur

  Late summer is the only stretch when the Pacific here is worth getting into without a wetsuit, and it lasts into the first half of October.

Druk — Summer break in Verenigde Staten

• Risico

  Santa Ana wind and fire season

  15 sep – 15 dec · meestalRookseizoen

  Offshore winds arrive over vegetation that has had no rain since spring, and the fire risk peaks before the first storms. Smoke can close the hills and the coast road for days. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Sea at its warmest (1 aug – 30 sep)

Druk — tussen de pieken in, Dia de los Muertos

• Festival

  Dia de los Muertos

  25 okt – 3 nov · meestalNationale feestdagDruk

  Altars and an all-night gathering in the Hollywood Forever cemetery on the Saturday nearest 2 November, plus nine days of processions on Olvera Street. Cemetery tickets go weeks ahead. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Santa Ana wind and fire season (15 sep – 15 dec (meestal))

Druk — tussen de pieken in, Dia de los Muertos

In november begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Santa Ana wind and fire season (15 sep – 15 dec (meestal)), Dia de los Muertos (25 okt – 3 nov (meestal))

Rustig — de rustige maand volgens de redactie, Winter / Christmas break in Verenigde Staten

• Seizoen

  Winter rain season

  1 dec – 15 mrtMoessonRisico

  Effectively all of the year's rain falls in this window, in a handful of Pacific storms. It is also when the hills are green and the air is at its cleanest.

• Natuur

  Gray whale migration

  15 dec – 30 apr · meestalWalvisseizoen

  The whole population passes offshore on its way to Baja and back, southbound around January and northbound with calves in March. Boats go from Long Beach and San Pedro. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Santa Ana wind and fire season (15 sep – 15 dec (meestal))