Hot desert
El Paso, Texas
El Paso County, Texas · Population 678k · 3,885 ft elevation
Living in El Paso
El Paso has a hot desert climate: very hot summers (July highs around 96°F) and mild winters (January lows around 35°F).
Precipitation is very dry at about 9″ a year, and it sees only a dusting of snow (3″ a season).
Skies are exceptionally sunny (83% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is poor: a median AQI of 70, with about 63 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around El Paso: about 19% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 1,200 ft around town.
El Paso at a glance
- Population
- 678k
- Elevation
- 3,885 ft
- Average daily high
- 79°F87th percentile
- Average daily low
- 54°F81th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 9″2th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 3″34th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 3,674 hrs95th percentile
- Median AQI
- 7097th percentile
- Median home value
- $172k25th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,041/mo37th percentile
- Median household income
- $59k28th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 2.13%91th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 0.0%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 8.2%
- Unemployment rate
- 6.2%
- Homes with broadband
- 88%32th percentile
- Walkability index
- 12.481th percentile
- Average commute
- 24 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 63%77th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 50%
- Violent crime rate
- 289 per 100k70th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 1,341 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9564th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8786th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 12%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 19%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,214 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 59°F | 35°F | 0.4″ | 0.8″ | 254 hrs |
| Feb | 64°F | 39°F | 0.4″ | 0.2″ | 246 hrs |
| Mar | 72°F | 46°F | 0.2″ | — | 305 hrs |
| Apr | 80°F | 53°F | 0.2″ | — | 336 hrs |
| May | 89°F | 62°F | 0.4″ | — | 375 hrs |
| Jun | 97°F | 71°F | 0.7″ | — | 374 hrs |
| Jul | 96°F | 73°F | 1.6″ | — | 348 hrs |
| Aug | 94°F | 72°F | 1.7″ | — | 334 hrs |
| Sep | 88°F | 66°F | 1.5″ | — | 304 hrs |
| Oct | 80°F | 54°F | 0.6″ | — | 297 hrs |
| Nov | 67°F | 42°F | 0.4″ | 0.5″ | 258 hrs |
| Dec | 58°F | 35°F | 0.6″ | 1.3″ | 243 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