Warm-summer Mediterranean
Daly City, California
San Mateo County, California · Population 103k · 404 ft elevation
Living in Daly City
Daly City has a warm-summer mediterranean climate: cool summers (July highs around 61°F) and mild winters (January lows around 44°F).
Precipitation is dry at about 21″ a year, and it essentially never sees snow.
Skies are sunny (71% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (5 days a year).
Air quality is excellent: a median AQI of 27 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Daly City: about 16% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 1,300 ft around town.
Daly City at a glance
- Population
- 103k
- Elevation
- 404 ft
- Average daily high
- 60°F18th percentile
- Average daily low
- 49°F66th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 21″15th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 0″0th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 3,144 hrs80th percentile
- Median AQI
- 273th percentile
- Median home value
- $1.1M98th percentile
- Median rent
- $2,523/mo95th percentile
- Median household income
- $120k84th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.57%14th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 13.3%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 8.8%
- Unemployment rate
- 5.0%
- Homes with broadband
- 94%69th percentile
- Walkability index
- 12.984th percentile
- Average commute
- 29 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 34%31th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 52%
- Violent crime rate
- 254 per 100k65th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 1,380 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9986th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8786th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 16%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 16%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,345 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 58°F | 44°F | 3.9″ | — | 200 hrs |
| Feb | 59°F | 45°F | 4.0″ | — | 200 hrs |
| Mar | 60°F | 47°F | 3.0″ | — | 256 hrs |
| Apr | 59°F | 48°F | 1.4″ | — | 293 hrs |
| May | 59°F | 50°F | 0.6″ | — | 323 hrs |
| Jun | 60°F | 51°F | 0.2″ | — | 340 hrs |
| Jul | 61°F | 53°F | 0.0″ | — | 308 hrs |
| Aug | 62°F | 54°F | 0.1″ | — | 284 hrs |
| Sep | 64°F | 54°F | 0.1″ | — | 274 hrs |
| Oct | 65°F | 52°F | 0.9″ | — | 260 hrs |
| Nov | 62°F | 48°F | 2.2″ | — | 219 hrs |
| Dec | 58°F | 45°F | 4.2″ | — | 187 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