Warm-summer continental (dry summer)
Durango, Colorado
La Plata County, Colorado · Population 19k · 6,555 ft elevation
Living in Durango
Durango has a warm-summer continental (dry summer) climate: hot summers (July highs around 86°F) and cold winters (January lows around 14°F).
Precipitation is dry at about 20″ a year, and it is a snowy place (64″ a season).
Skies are exceptionally sunny (75% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is moderate: a median AQI of 48, with about 2 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
Durango is an outdoor hub: about 51% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 4,900 ft around town.
Durango at a glance
- Population
- 19k
- Elevation
- 6,555 ft
- Average daily high
- 63°F35th percentile
- Average daily low
- 33°F3th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 20″14th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 64″93th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 3,333 hrs88th percentile
- Median AQI
- 4880th percentile
- Median home value
- $610k87th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,562/mo70th percentile
- Median household income
- $80k55th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.22%1th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 4.4%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 7.9%
- Unemployment rate
- 2.6%
- Homes with broadband
- 91%49th percentile
- Walkability index
- 9.764th percentile
- Average commute
- 14 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 38%38th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 54%
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 7527th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 9897th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 27%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 51%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 4,921 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 40°F | 14°F | 2.2″ | 19.4″ | 211 hrs |
| Feb | 46°F | 19°F | 1.7″ | 15.4″ | 197 hrs |
| Mar | 55°F | 26°F | 1.3″ | 5.3″ | 261 hrs |
| Apr | 64°F | 31°F | 1.3″ | 3.8″ | 286 hrs |
| May | 72°F | 38°F | 1.2″ | 0.2″ | 339 hrs |
| Jun | 82°F | 46°F | 0.5″ | — | 381 hrs |
| Jul | 86°F | 54°F | 1.9″ | — | 349 hrs |
| Aug | 83°F | 52°F | 2.3″ | — | 323 hrs |
| Sep | 76°F | 45°F | 2.2″ | — | 295 hrs |
| Oct | 65°F | 34°F | 1.9″ | 1.1″ | 272 hrs |
| Nov | 51°F | 23°F | 1.5″ | 5.5″ | 228 hrs |
| Dec | 41°F | 14°F | 1.6″ | 13.0″ | 192 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