Hot desert
Avondale, Arizona
Maricopa County, Arizona · Population 91k · 2,408 ft elevation
Living in Avondale
Avondale has a hot desert climate: scorching summers (July highs around 103°F) and mild winters (January lows around 39°F).
Precipitation is very dry at about 7″ a year, and it essentially never sees snow.
Skies are exceptionally sunny (88% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is poor: a median AQI of 73, with about 38 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Avondale: about 26% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 1,100 ft around town.
Avondale at a glance
- Population
- 91k
- Elevation
- 2,408 ft
- Average daily high
- 83°F94th percentile
- Average daily low
- 56°F85th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 7″1th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 0″0th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 3,919 hrs99th percentile
- Median AQI
- 7397th percentile
- Median home value
- $349k65th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,731/mo77th percentile
- Median household income
- $81k57th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.50%9th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 2.5%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 8.4%
- Unemployment rate
- 4.6%
- Homes with broadband
- 91%49th percentile
- Walkability index
- 4.52th percentile
- Average commute
- 28 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 22%12th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 22%
- Violent crime rate
- 341 per 100k76th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 2,248 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 10093th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8786th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 14%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 26%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,050 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 63°F | 39°F | 0.8″ | — | 257 hrs |
| Feb | 67°F | 41°F | 0.9″ | — | 250 hrs |
| Mar | 74°F | 46°F | 0.9″ | — | 318 hrs |
| Apr | 83°F | 52°F | 0.2″ | — | 353 hrs |
| May | 92°F | 61°F | 0.1″ | — | 402 hrs |
| Jun | 102°F | 71°F | 0.1″ | — | 411 hrs |
| Jul | 103°F | 77°F | 1.0″ | — | 388 hrs |
| Aug | 102°F | 76°F | 0.8″ | — | 369 hrs |
| Sep | 97°F | 70°F | 0.6″ | — | 338 hrs |
| Oct | 85°F | 57°F | 0.7″ | — | 317 hrs |
| Nov | 72°F | 46°F | 0.6″ | — | 270 hrs |
| Dec | 61°F | 38°F | 0.7″ | — | 246 hrs |
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Sources: NOAA climate normals, NASA POWER, EPA air quality, U.S. Census Bureau, FEMA, FBI, EPA walkability and EDFacts. Methodology