Tropical savanna
Captain Cook, Hawaii
Hawaii County, Hawaii · Population 3.8k · 1,250 ft elevation
Living in Captain Cook
Captain Cook has a tropical savanna climate: pleasantly warm summers (July highs around 77°F) and warm winters (January lows around 58°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 36″ a year, and it essentially never sees snow.
Skies are sunny (64% of possible sunshine). Summers get sticky, with about 64 muggy days a year.
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 32 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
Captain Cook is an outdoor hub: about 42% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 10,600 ft around town.
Captain Cook at a glance
- Population
- 3.8k
- Elevation
- 1,250 ft
- Average daily high
- 76°F78th percentile
- Average daily low
- 61°F92th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 36″28th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 0″0th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,824 hrs53th percentile
- Median AQI
- 327th percentile
- Median home value
- $643k89th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,818/mo81th percentile
- Median household income
- $125k86th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.39%4th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 11.0%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 4.5%
- Unemployment rate
- 6.2%
- Homes with broadband
- 90%43th percentile
- Walkability index
- 6.113th percentile
- Average commute
- 25 min
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9986th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 9392th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 4%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 42%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 10,597 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 75°F | 58°F | 2.4″ | — | 239 hrs |
| Feb | 74°F | 57°F | 2.1″ | — | 206 hrs |
| Mar | 74°F | 59°F | 3.0″ | — | 218 hrs |
| Apr | 75°F | 60°F | 2.5″ | — | 223 hrs |
| May | 75°F | 62°F | 3.2″ | — | 242 hrs |
| Jun | 76°F | 63°F | 2.8″ | — | 249 hrs |
| Jul | 77°F | 64°F | 3.3″ | — | 267 hrs |
| Aug | 78°F | 65°F | 3.4″ | — | 262 hrs |
| Sep | 78°F | 64°F | 4.7″ | — | 237 hrs |
| Oct | 78°F | 63°F | 3.7″ | — | 237 hrs |
| Nov | 76°F | 61°F | 2.4″ | — | 221 hrs |
| Dec | 75°F | 59°F | 2.5″ | — | 225 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