Warm-summer Mediterranean
Castroville, California
Monterey County, California · Population 6.9k · 13 ft elevation
Living in Castroville
Castroville has a warm-summer mediterranean climate: pleasantly warm summers (July highs around 71°F) and mild winters (January lows around 41°F).
Precipitation is dry at about 15″ a year, and it essentially never sees snow.
Skies are exceptionally sunny (81% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 38 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Castroville: about 8% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 2,600 ft around town.
Castroville at a glance
- Population
- 6.9k
- Elevation
- 13 ft
- Average daily high
- 69°F60th percentile
- Average daily low
- 47°F57th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 15″9th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 0″0th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 3,662 hrs94th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3825th percentile
- Median home value
- $649k90th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,593/mo71th percentile
- Median household income
- $90k66th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.50%9th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 13.3%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 8.8%
- Unemployment rate
- 2.8%
- Homes with broadband
- 89%38th percentile
- Walkability index
- 14.293th percentile
- Average commute
- 27 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 10%2th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 23%
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9986th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8181th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 5%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 8%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 2,559 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 64°F | 41°F | 3.3″ | — | 194 hrs |
| Feb | 64°F | 42°F | 3.0″ | — | 207 hrs |
| Mar | 66°F | 44°F | 2.5″ | — | 268 hrs |
| Apr | 67°F | 45°F | 1.1″ | — | 307 hrs |
| May | 68°F | 49°F | 0.5″ | — | 376 hrs |
| Jun | 70°F | 51°F | 0.1″ | — | 410 hrs |
| Jul | 71°F | 54°F | 0.0″ | — | 429 hrs |
| Aug | 73°F | 54°F | 0.0″ | — | 401 hrs |
| Sep | 75°F | 53°F | 0.1″ | — | 346 hrs |
| Oct | 74°F | 49°F | 0.6″ | — | 303 hrs |
| Nov | 68°F | 44°F | 1.6″ | — | 231 hrs |
| Dec | 63°F | 40°F | 2.8″ | — | 190 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