Warm-summer Mediterranean

Brisbane, California

San Mateo County, California · Population 4.7k · 125 ft elevation

Living in Brisbane

Brisbane has a warm-summer mediterranean climate: pleasantly warm summers (July highs around 72°F) and mild winters (January lows around 44°F).

Precipitation is dry at about 20″ a year, and it essentially never sees snow.

Skies are sunny (71% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (6 days a year).

Air quality is excellent: a median AQI of 27 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.

There is plenty to explore outdoors around Brisbane: about 13% 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.

Brisbane at a glance

Population
4.7k
Elevation
125 ft
Average daily high
67°F54th percentile
Average daily low
50°F69th percentile
Annual precipitation
20″14th percentile
Annual snowfall
0″0th percentile
Sunshine hours per year
3,144 hrs80th percentile
Median AQI
273th percentile
Median home value
$1.1M98th percentile
Median rent
$2,634/mo96th percentile
Median household income
$152k93th percentile
Property tax rate
0.72%28th percentile
Top state income-tax rate
13.3%
Sales tax (state + local)
8.8%
Unemployment rate
9.1%
Homes with broadband
99%97th percentile
Walkability index
13.588th percentile
Average commute
30 min
Math proficiency (8th grade)
65%79th percentile
Reading proficiency (8th grade)
85%
Violent crime rate
43 per 100k12th percentile
Property crime rate
951 per 100k
Overall natural-hazard risk
9986th percentile
Outdoor access
8685th percentile
Public land within 10 miles
16%
Public land within 30 miles
13%
Mountain relief within 30 miles
1,509 ft

Climate by month

Average monthly weather in Brisbane, California
MonthHighLowPrecipitationSnowSunshine
Jan58°F44°F3.9″—200 hrs
Feb60°F46°F4.0″—200 hrs
Mar63°F47°F2.7″—256 hrs
Apr65°F49°F1.4″—293 hrs
May68°F51°F0.5″—323 hrs
Jun71°F53°F0.1″—340 hrs
Jul72°F55°F0.0″—308 hrs
Aug73°F56°F0.0″—284 hrs
Sep74°F56°F0.1″—274 hrs
Oct72°F53°F0.8″—260 hrs
Nov64°F48°F2.0″—219 hrs
Dec58°F44°F4.1″—187 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