Hot-summer Mediterranean
El Dorado Hills, California
El Dorado County, California · Population 51k · 781 ft elevation
Living in El Dorado Hills
El Dorado Hills has a hot-summer mediterranean climate: very hot summers (July highs around 94°F) and mild winters (January lows around 40°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 36″ a year, and it essentially never sees snow.
Skies are exceptionally sunny (80% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is moderate: a median AQI of 40, with about 1 unhealthy-air day in the latest year.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around El Dorado Hills: about 10% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 3,500 ft around town.
El Dorado Hills at a glance
- Population
- 51k
- Elevation
- 781 ft
- Average daily high
- 75°F76th percentile
- Average daily low
- 51°F73th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 36″28th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 0″0th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 3,635 hrs94th percentile
- Median AQI
- 4038th percentile
- Median home value
- $870k95th percentile
- Median rent
- $2,468/mo95th percentile
- Median household income
- $164k95th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.85%41th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 13.3%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 8.8%
- Unemployment rate
- 4.2%
- Homes with broadband
- 97%89th percentile
- Walkability index
- 8.854th percentile
- Average commute
- 31 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 63%77th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 76%
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9151th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8887th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 12%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 10%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 3,510 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 58°F | 40°F | 7.0″ | — | 175 hrs |
| Feb | 61°F | 42°F | 6.5″ | — | 203 hrs |
| Mar | 65°F | 44°F | 6.1″ | — | 264 hrs |
| Apr | 70°F | 47°F | 2.8″ | — | 311 hrs |
| May | 79°F | 53°F | 1.6″ | — | 383 hrs |
| Jun | 87°F | 59°F | 0.4″ | — | 415 hrs |
| Jul | 94°F | 65°F | 0.0″ | — | 437 hrs |
| Aug | 94°F | 65°F | 0.1″ | — | 408 hrs |
| Sep | 89°F | 61°F | 0.2″ | — | 348 hrs |
| Oct | 79°F | 53°F | 1.4″ | — | 299 hrs |
| Nov | 66°F | 45°F | 3.0″ | — | 221 hrs |
| Dec | 58°F | 39°F | 6.8″ | — | 172 hrs |
Near El Dorado Hills
- Cameron Park, CA · 17k
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- Granite Bay, CA · 21k
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Largest places in California
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Sources: NOAA climate normals, NASA POWER, EPA air quality, U.S. Census Bureau, FEMA, FBI, EPA walkability and EDFacts. Methodology