Hot-summer Mediterranean
Benicia, California
Solano County, California · Population 27k · 16 ft elevation
Living in Benicia
Benicia has a hot-summer mediterranean climate: hot summers (July highs around 87°F) and mild winters (January lows around 43°F).
Precipitation is dry at about 21″ a year, and it essentially never sees snow.
Skies are exceptionally sunny (80% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 33 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Benicia: about 8% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 1,500 ft around town.
Benicia at a glance
- Population
- 27k
- Elevation
- 16 ft
- Average daily high
- 75°F76th percentile
- Average daily low
- 51°F73th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 21″15th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 0″0th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 3,633 hrs93th percentile
- Median AQI
- 338th percentile
- Median home value
- $779k93th percentile
- Median rent
- $2,234/mo91th percentile
- Median household income
- $125k86th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.66%22th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 13.3%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 8.8%
- Unemployment rate
- 4.0%
- Homes with broadband
- 97%89th percentile
- Walkability index
- 11.877th percentile
- Average commute
- 31 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 53%63th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 57%
- Violent crime rate
- 76 per 100k24th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 828 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9773th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8079th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 7%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 8%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,509 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 58°F | 43°F | 4.5″ | — | 176 hrs |
| Feb | 64°F | 46°F | 3.6″ | — | 203 hrs |
| Mar | 70°F | 47°F | 3.2″ | — | 265 hrs |
| Apr | 74°F | 48°F | 1.4″ | — | 310 hrs |
| May | 80°F | 52°F | 0.8″ | — | 382 hrs |
| Jun | 84°F | 55°F | 0.2″ | — | 413 hrs |
| Jul | 87°F | 57°F | 0.0″ | — | 435 hrs |
| Aug | 87°F | 57°F | 0.0″ | — | 407 hrs |
| Sep | 87°F | 58°F | 0.1″ | — | 348 hrs |
| Oct | 80°F | 55°F | 1.0″ | — | 300 hrs |
| Nov | 67°F | 48°F | 2.2″ | — | 222 hrs |
| Dec | 59°F | 43°F | 4.5″ | — | 173 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