Hot desert
Borrego Springs, California
San Diego County, California · Population 2.8k · 591 ft elevation
Living in Borrego Springs
Borrego Springs has a hot desert climate: scorching summers (July highs around 108°F) and very mild winters (January lows around 46°F).
Precipitation is very dry at about 5″ a year, and it essentially never sees snow.
Skies are exceptionally sunny (86% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is poor: a median AQI of 67, with about 33 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Borrego Springs: about 32% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 5,200 ft around town.
Borrego Springs at a glance
- Population
- 2.8k
- Elevation
- 591 ft
- Average daily high
- 89°F100th percentile
- Average daily low
- 61°F92th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 5″0th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 0″0th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 3,845 hrs98th percentile
- Median AQI
- 6796th percentile
- Median home value
- $396k72th percentile
- Median rent
- $981/mo32th percentile
- Median household income
- $84k60th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.70%26th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 13.3%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 8.8%
- Unemployment rate
- 7.0%
- Homes with broadband
- 100%99th percentile
- Average commute
- 28 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 5%1th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 25%
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 10093th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8584th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 1%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 32%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 5,151 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 70°F | 46°F | 1.2″ | — | 250 hrs |
| Feb | 73°F | 48°F | 1.2″ | — | 236 hrs |
| Mar | 80°F | 52°F | 0.6″ | — | 307 hrs |
| Apr | 86°F | 56°F | 0.2″ | — | 336 hrs |
| May | 94°F | 63°F | 0.1″ | — | 386 hrs |
| Jun | 104°F | 70°F | 0.0″ | — | 406 hrs |
| Jul | 108°F | 78°F | 0.3″ | — | 394 hrs |
| Aug | 108°F | 78°F | 0.3″ | — | 380 hrs |
| Sep | 102°F | 72°F | 0.1″ | — | 337 hrs |
| Oct | 91°F | 63°F | 0.2″ | — | 311 hrs |
| Nov | 79°F | 53°F | 0.2″ | — | 263 hrs |
| Dec | 69°F | 46°F | 0.8″ | — | 241 hrs |
Near Borrego Springs
- Salton City, CA · 6.2k
- Oasis, CA · 4.5k
- La Quinta, CA · 38k
- Mecca, CA · 7.1k
- San Diego Country Estates, CA · 10k
- Indian Wells, CA · 4.8k
- North Shore, CA · 3.4k
- Ramona, CA · 23k
Largest places in California
- Los Angeles, CA · 3.9M
- San Diego, CA · 1.4M
- San Jose, CA · 990k
- San Francisco, CA · 836k
- Fresno, CA · 544k
- Sacramento, CA · 525k
- Long Beach, CA · 458k
- Oakland, CA · 438k
Sources: NOAA climate normals, NASA POWER, EPA air quality, U.S. Census Bureau, FEMA, FBI, EPA walkability and EDFacts. Methodology