Warm-summer Mediterranean
Coos Bay, Oregon
Coos County, Oregon · Population 16k · 20 ft elevation
Living in Coos Bay
Coos Bay has a warm-summer mediterranean climate: cool summers (July highs around 66°F) and mild winters (January lows around 41°F).
Precipitation is very wet at about 59″ a year, and it essentially never sees snow.
Skies are partly sunny (57% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is excellent: a median AQI of 29, with about 5 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
Coos Bay is an outdoor hub: about 23% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 1,900 ft around town.
Coos Bay at a glance
- Population
- 16k
- Elevation
- 20 ft
- Average daily high
- 60°F18th percentile
- Average daily low
- 46°F52th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 59″94th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 0″0th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,586 hrs20th percentile
- Median AQI
- 295th percentile
- Median home value
- $272k52th percentile
- Median rent
- $986/mo33th percentile
- Median household income
- $55k23th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.84%39th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 9.9%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 0.0%
- Unemployment rate
- 5.4%
- Homes with broadband
- 91%49th percentile
- Walkability index
- 12.179th percentile
- Average commute
- 15 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 22%12th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 42%
- Violent crime rate
- 514 per 100k89th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 3,878 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9254th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 9089th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 14%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 23%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,936 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 54°F | 41°F | 9.4″ | — | 127 hrs |
| Feb | 54°F | 41°F | 7.0″ | — | 141 hrs |
| Mar | 55°F | 42°F | 7.5″ | — | 181 hrs |
| Apr | 57°F | 44°F | 5.4″ | — | 225 hrs |
| May | 61°F | 48°F | 3.0″ | — | 278 hrs |
| Jun | 64°F | 51°F | 1.6″ | — | 296 hrs |
| Jul | 66°F | 54°F | 0.3″ | — | 337 hrs |
| Aug | 67°F | 54°F | 0.4″ | — | 299 hrs |
| Sep | 67°F | 51°F | 1.6″ | — | 257 hrs |
| Oct | 63°F | 47°F | 4.2″ | — | 200 hrs |
| Nov | 57°F | 44°F | 8.3″ | — | 134 hrs |
| Dec | 53°F | 40°F | 10.5″ | 0.2″ | 112 hrs |
Near Coos Bay
- North Bend, OR · 10k
- Coquille, OR · 4k
- Bandon, OR · 3.3k
- Myrtle Point, OR · 2.7k
- Reedsport, OR · 4.3k
- Florence, OR · 9.5k
- Winston, OR · 5.7k
- Roseburg North, OR · 4.4k
Largest places in Oregon
- Portland, OR · 643k
- Eugene, OR · 178k
- Salem, OR · 177k
- Gresham, OR · 113k
- Hillsboro, OR · 107k
- Bend, OR · 101k
- Beaverton, OR · 98k
- Medford, OR · 86k
Sources: NOAA climate normals, NASA POWER, EPA air quality, U.S. Census Bureau, FEMA, FBI, EPA walkability and EDFacts. Methodology