Warm-summer Mediterranean
Bethel, Washington
Kitsap County, Washington · Population 4.3k · 315 ft elevation
Living in Bethel
Bethel has a warm-summer mediterranean climate: pleasantly warm summers (July highs around 76°F) and mild winters (January lows around 35°F).
Precipitation is very wet at about 57″ a year, and it sees only a dusting of snow (3″ a season).
Skies are gray (48% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (5 days a year).
Air quality is excellent: a median AQI of 22 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Bethel: about 16% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 2,400 ft around town.
Bethel at a glance
- Population
- 4.3k
- Elevation
- 315 ft
- Average daily high
- 60°F18th percentile
- Average daily low
- 43°F36th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 57″92th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 3″34th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,244 hrs2th percentile
- Median AQI
- 222th percentile
- Median home value
- $441k76th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,195/mo50th percentile
- Median household income
- $84k60th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.75%31th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 0.0%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 9.4%
- Unemployment rate
- 11.8%
- Homes with broadband
- 98%93th percentile
- Walkability index
- 5.911th percentile
- Average commute
- 27 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 41%41th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 62%
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9254th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8786th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 7%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 16%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 2,362 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 46°F | 35°F | 9.3″ | 0.6″ | 87 hrs |
| Feb | 49°F | 34°F | 5.8″ | 0.7″ | 122 hrs |
| Mar | 53°F | 37°F | 6.4″ | 0.1″ | 148 hrs |
| Apr | 58°F | 40°F | 3.9″ | — | 189 hrs |
| May | 65°F | 46°F | 2.4″ | — | 244 hrs |
| Jun | 70°F | 50°F | 1.6″ | — | 256 hrs |
| Jul | 76°F | 54°F | 0.8″ | — | 329 hrs |
| Aug | 77°F | 54°F | 1.1″ | — | 302 hrs |
| Sep | 71°F | 50°F | 1.8″ | — | 234 hrs |
| Oct | 60°F | 44°F | 5.1″ | — | 157 hrs |
| Nov | 51°F | 38°F | 8.8″ | 0.3″ | 96 hrs |
| Dec | 45°F | 34°F | 9.9″ | 1.3″ | 81 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