Warm-summer Mediterranean
Bellevue, Washington
King County, Washington · Population 151k · 371 ft elevation
Living in Bellevue
Bellevue has a warm-summer mediterranean climate: pleasantly warm summers (July highs around 76°F) and mild winters (January lows around 36°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 38″ a year, and it sees only a dusting of snow (4″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (55% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is moderate: a median AQI of 43 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Bellevue: about 18% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 3,200 ft around town.
Bellevue at a glance
- Population
- 151k
- Elevation
- 371 ft
- Average daily high
- 60°F18th percentile
- Average daily low
- 45°F47th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 38″32th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 4″37th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,575 hrs20th percentile
- Median AQI
- 4356th percentile
- Median home value
- $1.2M98th percentile
- Median rent
- $2,505/mo95th percentile
- Median household income
- $161k95th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.75%31th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 0.0%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 9.4%
- Unemployment rate
- 4.0%
- Homes with broadband
- 97%89th percentile
- Walkability index
- 13.991th percentile
- Average commute
- 24 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 72%86th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 79%
- Violent crime rate
- 114 per 100k35th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 2,188 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 10093th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8887th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 5%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 18%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 3,150 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 46°F | 36°F | 5.1″ | 0.9″ | 104 hrs |
| Feb | 49°F | 36°F | 3.5″ | 1.0″ | 139 hrs |
| Mar | 53°F | 38°F | 3.9″ | — | 170 hrs |
| Apr | 58°F | 42°F | 3.0″ | — | 218 hrs |
| May | 64°F | 47°F | 2.2″ | — | 271 hrs |
| Jun | 69°F | 52°F | 1.6″ | — | 297 hrs |
| Jul | 76°F | 56°F | 0.8″ | — | 382 hrs |
| Aug | 76°F | 56°F | 1.0″ | — | 346 hrs |
| Sep | 70°F | 52°F | 1.7″ | — | 262 hrs |
| Oct | 60°F | 46°F | 3.6″ | — | 186 hrs |
| Nov | 51°F | 40°F | 5.8″ | 0.2″ | 112 hrs |
| Dec | 46°F | 36°F | 5.5″ | 1.7″ | 89 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