Hot desert
Cathedral City, California
Riverside County, California · Population 52k · 328 ft elevation
Living in Cathedral City
Cathedral City has a hot desert climate: scorching summers (July highs around 109°F) and very mild winters (January lows around 48°F).
Precipitation is very dry at about 5″ a year, and it essentially never sees snow.
Skies are exceptionally sunny (88% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is poor: a median AQI of 80, with about 109 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
Cathedral City is an outdoor hub: about 65% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 6,500 ft around town.
Cathedral City at a glance
- Population
- 52k
- Elevation
- 328 ft
- Average daily high
- 89°F100th percentile
- Average daily low
- 63°F94th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 5″0th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 0″0th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 3,931 hrs99th percentile
- Median AQI
- 8099th percentile
- Median home value
- $421k74th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,554/mo70th percentile
- Median household income
- $67k40th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.88%43th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 13.3%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 8.8%
- Unemployment rate
- 6.4%
- Homes with broadband
- 91%49th percentile
- Walkability index
- 11.374th percentile
- Average commute
- 20 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 19%10th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 36%
- Violent crime rate
- 334 per 100k75th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 1,162 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 10093th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 10099th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 44%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 65%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 6,529 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 71°F | 48°F | 1.1″ | — | 256 hrs |
| Feb | 74°F | 50°F | 1.1″ | — | 249 hrs |
| Mar | 81°F | 55°F | 0.5″ | — | 318 hrs |
| Apr | 87°F | 59°F | 0.1″ | — | 349 hrs |
| May | 95°F | 66°F | 0.0″ | — | 399 hrs |
| Jun | 104°F | 73°F | 0.0″ | — | 412 hrs |
| Jul | 109°F | 80°F | 0.3″ | — | 393 hrs |
| Aug | 108°F | 80°F | 0.1″ | — | 380 hrs |
| Sep | 102°F | 75°F | 0.2″ | — | 344 hrs |
| Oct | 91°F | 65°F | 0.2″ | — | 319 hrs |
| Nov | 79°F | 54°F | 0.2″ | — | 270 hrs |
| Dec | 70°F | 47°F | 0.7″ | — | 244 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