Los Angeles in June: what to plant
Over the last 5 years, June in Los Angeles has run 15.5–27.5°C with about 10 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 June 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 12.2 h of sunshine a day this month. Within the month it warms by about 1.6°C from the first ten days to the last.
Sow this month — when would you harvest?
Assuming you sow in mid-June, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 🥢 Yardlong bean | 81 | Sep 3 |
| 🥒 Cucumber | 71 | Aug 24 |
| 🫛 Edamame | 85 | Sep 7 |
| 🎃 Pumpkin | 82 | Sep 4 |
| 🧄 Garlic | 45 | Jul 29 |
| 🥬 Bok Choy | 26 | Jul 10 |
| 🥬 Swiss chard | 36 | Jul 20 |
| 🌿 Garlic chives | 47 | Jul 31 |
| 🥕 Carrot | 49 | Aug 2 |
| 🧅 Onion | 56 | Aug 9 |
| 🌿 Amaranth greens | 42 | Jul 26 |
| 🌻 Sunflower | 63 | Aug 16 |
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.
- 🥢 Yardlong bean about 103 days to harvest Recent mean 21.5°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🥒 Cucumber about 90 days to harvest Recent mean 21.5°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🫛 Edamame about 105 days to harvest Recent mean 21.5°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🎃 Pumpkin about 100 days to harvest Recent mean 21.5°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🧄 Garlic about 49 days to harvest Recent mean 21.5°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🥬 Bok Choy about 28 days to harvest Recent mean 21.5°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🥬 Swiss chard about 39 days to harvest Recent mean 21.5°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🌿 Garlic chives about 52 days to harvest Recent mean 21.5°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🥕 Carrot about 55 days to harvest Recent mean 21.5°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🧅 Onion about 64 days to harvest Recent mean 21.5°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🌿 Amaranth greens about 48 days to harvest Recent mean 21.5°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🌻 Sunflower about 74 days to harvest Recent mean 21.5°C — right in the sweet spot
Leave these for another month
- 🌿 Rocket — 30 day(s) of heat stress
- 🫛 Peas — Recent mean 21.5°C is too hot (ideal 7–21°C)
- 🌿 Spinach — 30 day(s) of heat stress
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.