Los Angeles in January: what to plant
Over the last 5 years, January in Los Angeles has run 7.5–18.7°C with about 86 mm of rain across the month. Here is what weather like that will carry to harvest.
Everything above is a five-year average. In the game it is this — the weather Los Angeles is actually having, today.
Grow one in Los Angeles's weather right now →❄️ No sub-zero nights in January in the last 5 years — frost is not the limiting factor here.
🗓️ No night at or below 0°C in the last 5 years — frost is not a limiting factor here, and tender crops can stay out year-round.
☀️ About 8.3 h of sunshine a day this month. Within the month it warms by about 0.9°C from the first ten days to the last.
Sow this month — when would you harvest?
Assuming you sow in mid-January, then adding up the warmth Los Angeles usually gets, one day at a time — which is why some of these run past the end of the month.
| Crop | Days | Harvest around |
|---|---|---|
| 🌿 Rocket | 39 | Feb 22 |
| 🌿 Spinach | 52 | Mar 7 |
| 🫛 Peas | 68 | Mar 23 |
| 🌿 Chrysanthemum greens | 48 | Mar 3 |
| 🌿 Coriander | 54 | Mar 9 |
| 🫘 Broad bean | 82 | Apr 6 |
| ⚪ Turnip | 55 | Mar 10 |
| ⚪ Daikon radish | 69 | Mar 24 |
| 🍒 Cherry Radish | 35 | Feb 18 |
| 🟣 Beetroot | 68 | Mar 23 |
| 🍓 Strawberry | 72 | Mar 27 |
| 🏵️ Marigold | 79 | Apr 3 |
Best crops to sow now
They are all ideal for this month — the only real difference is how long each one takes, so pick whatever you want to eat.
- 🌿 Rocket about 41 days to harvest Recent mean 13.1°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🌿 Spinach about 55 days to harvest Recent mean 13.1°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🫛 Peas about 78 days to harvest Recent mean 13.1°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🌿 Chrysanthemum greens about 53 days to harvest Recent mean 13.1°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🌿 Coriander about 58 days to harvest Recent mean 13.1°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🫘 Broad bean about 95 days to harvest Recent mean 13.1°C — right in the sweet spot
- ⚪ Turnip about 60 days to harvest Recent mean 13.1°C — right in the sweet spot
- ⚪ Daikon radish about 80 days to harvest Recent mean 13.1°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🍒 Cherry Radish about 38 days to harvest Recent mean 13.1°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🟣 Beetroot about 78 days to harvest Recent mean 13.1°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🍓 Strawberry about 83 days to harvest Recent mean 13.1°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🏵️ Marigold about 99 days to harvest Recent mean 13.1°C — right in the sweet spot
Leave these for another month
- 🌶️ Okra — Recent mean 13.1°C is too cold (ideal 20–33°C)
- 🍆 Aubergine — Recent mean 13.1°C is too cold (ideal 18–32°C)
- 🍈 Winter melon — Recent mean 13.1°C is too cold (ideal 18–32°C)
Other months in Los Angeles
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Temperature and rainfall come from Open-Meteo's historical observations for Los Angeles, averaged day by day over the last 5 years. Whether a crop finishes in time is worked out from its own starting temperature and heat requirement — those numbers are listed on each crop page if you want to check them.