Warm-summer Mediterranean

Culver City, California

Los Angeles County, California · Population 40k · 115 ft elevation

Living in Culver City

Culver City has a warm-summer mediterranean climate: pleasantly warm summers (July highs around 78°F) and very mild winters (January lows around 48°F).

Precipitation is dry at about 14″ a year, and it essentially never sees snow.

Skies are exceptionally sunny (84% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.

Air quality is poor: a median AQI of 74, with about 98 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.

There is plenty to explore outdoors around Culver City: about 17% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 3,900 ft around town.

Culver City at a glance

Population
40k
Elevation
115 ft
Average daily high
72°F67th percentile
Average daily low
55°F83th percentile
Annual precipitation
14″8th percentile
Annual snowfall
0″0th percentile
Sunshine hours per year
3,762 hrs96th percentile
Median AQI
7498th percentile
Median home value
$1.1M98th percentile
Median rent
$2,683/mo96th percentile
Median household income
$122k86th percentile
Property tax rate
0.61%17th percentile
Top state income-tax rate
13.3%
Sales tax (state + local)
8.8%
Unemployment rate
5.6%
Homes with broadband
90%43th percentile
Walkability index
15.097th percentile
Average commute
27 min
Math proficiency (8th grade)
48%56th percentile
Reading proficiency (8th grade)
72%
Violent crime rate
663 per 100k93th percentile
Property crime rate
4,877 per 100k
Overall natural-hazard risk
10093th percentile
Outdoor access
8382th percentile
Public land within 10 miles
1%
Public land within 30 miles
17%
Mountain relief within 30 miles
3,937 ft

Climate by month

Average monthly weather in Culver City, California
MonthHighLowPrecipitationSnowSunshine
Jan67°F48°F3.3″—239 hrs
Feb66°F48°F3.5″—227 hrs
Mar68°F51°F2.2″—290 hrs
Apr71°F53°F0.6″—317 hrs
May72°F57°F0.4″—364 hrs
Jun75°F60°F0.1″—386 hrs
Jul78°F63°F0.0″—408 hrs
Aug79°F64°F0.0″—395 hrs
Sep78°F62°F0.1″—342 hrs
Oct76°F58°F0.6″—304 hrs
Nov71°F52°F0.9″—258 hrs
Dec66°F47°F2.5″—233 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