Cold semi-arid
Denver, Colorado
Denver County, Colorado · Population 714k · 5,417 ft elevation
Living in Denver
Denver has a cold semi-arid climate: hot summers (July highs around 90°F) and cold winters (January lows around 17°F).
Precipitation is dry at about 15″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (49″ a season).
Skies are sunny (71% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is moderate: a median AQI of 50, with about 6 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Denver: about 5% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 3,000 ft around town.
Denver at a glance
- Population
- 714k
- Elevation
- 5,417 ft
- Average daily high
- 66°F50th percentile
- Average daily low
- 36°F7th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 15″9th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 49″87th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 3,148 hrs80th percentile
- Median AQI
- 5084th percentile
- Median home value
- $587k86th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,770/mo79th percentile
- Median household income
- $92k67th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.44%5th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 4.4%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 7.9%
- Unemployment rate
- 4.6%
- Homes with broadband
- 92%55th percentile
- Walkability index
- 14.293th percentile
- Average commute
- 25 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 16%6th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 25%
- Violent crime rate
- 881 per 100k97th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 4,142 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9564th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8079th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 8%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 5%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 2,953 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 46°F | 17°F | 0.5″ | 6.4″ | 201 hrs |
| Feb | 47°F | 19°F | 0.5″ | 7.6″ | 193 hrs |
| Mar | 56°F | 27°F | 1.1″ | 8.8″ | 251 hrs |
| Apr | 62°F | 33°F | 1.7″ | 6.2″ | 257 hrs |
| May | 71°F | 43°F | 2.3″ | 1.4″ | 288 hrs |
| Jun | 84°F | 53°F | 1.7″ | — | 340 hrs |
| Jul | 90°F | 59°F | 2.1″ | — | 354 hrs |
| Aug | 88°F | 57°F | 1.8″ | — | 329 hrs |
| Sep | 80°F | 48°F | 1.5″ | 0.8″ | 292 hrs |
| Oct | 66°F | 35°F | 1.0″ | 3.9″ | 244 hrs |
| Nov | 54°F | 25°F | 0.7″ | 7.3″ | 210 hrs |
| Dec | 46°F | 17°F | 0.5″ | 6.6″ | 190 hrs |
Near Denver
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Largest places in Colorado
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Sources: NOAA climate normals, NASA POWER, EPA air quality, U.S. Census Bureau, FEMA, FBI, EPA walkability and EDFacts. Methodology