Warm-summer Mediterranean
Big Bear City, California
San Bernardino County, California · Population 12k · 6,795 ft elevation
Living in Big Bear City
Big Bear City has a warm-summer mediterranean climate: pleasantly warm summers (July highs around 80°F) and cold winters (January lows around 24°F).
Precipitation is dry at about 20″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (59″ a season).
Skies are exceptionally sunny (88% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is poor: a median AQI of 77, with about 110 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
Big Bear City is an outdoor hub: about 57% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 6,000 ft around town.
Big Bear City at a glance
- Population
- 12k
- Elevation
- 6,795 ft
- Average daily high
- 61°F24th percentile
- Average daily low
- 35°F5th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 20″14th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 59″91th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 3,932 hrs100th percentile
- Median AQI
- 7799th percentile
- Median home value
- $428k75th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,454/mo65th percentile
- Median household income
- $72k47th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.83%39th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 13.3%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 8.8%
- Unemployment rate
- 8.0%
- Homes with broadband
- 97%89th percentile
- Walkability index
- 11.777th percentile
- Average commute
- 26 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 27%19th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 42%
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 10093th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 10099th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 84%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 57%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 5,971 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 46°F | 24°F | 4.5″ | 13.4″ | 255 hrs |
| Feb | 46°F | 24°F | 4.4″ | 14.3″ | 249 hrs |
| Mar | 51°F | 27°F | 2.4″ | 11.7″ | 318 hrs |
| Apr | 57°F | 31°F | 0.8″ | 3.0″ | 350 hrs |
| May | 66°F | 37°F | 0.4″ | 0.6″ | 399 hrs |
| Jun | 75°F | 43°F | 0.1″ | — | 413 hrs |
| Jul | 80°F | 50°F | 0.7″ | — | 393 hrs |
| Aug | 79°F | 49°F | 0.8″ | — | 380 hrs |
| Sep | 73°F | 44°F | 0.4″ | — | 344 hrs |
| Oct | 63°F | 35°F | 0.8″ | 1.2″ | 318 hrs |
| Nov | 53°F | 28°F | 1.4″ | 3.4″ | 269 hrs |
| Dec | 46°F | 23°F | 3.3″ | 11.0″ | 244 hrs |
Near Big Bear City
- Big Bear Lake, CA · 5k
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- Running Springs, CA · 5k
- Morongo Valley, CA · 3.9k
- Yucaipa, CA · 54k
- Cherry Valley, CA · 7.3k
- Homestead Valley, CA · 2.8k
- Lake Arrowhead, CA · 11k
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Sources: NOAA climate normals, NASA POWER, EPA air quality, U.S. Census Bureau, FEMA, FBI, EPA walkability and EDFacts. Methodology