Warm-summer Mediterranean
Emeryville, California
Alameda County, California · Population 13k · 33 ft elevation
Living in Emeryville
Emeryville has a warm-summer mediterranean climate: pleasantly warm summers (July highs around 72°F) and very mild winters (January lows around 45°F).
Precipitation is moderate at about 23″ a year, and it essentially never sees snow.
Skies are exceptionally sunny (78% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is moderate: a median AQI of 49, with about 1 unhealthy-air day in the latest year.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Emeryville: about 14% 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.
Emeryville at a glance
- Population
- 13k
- Elevation
- 33 ft
- Average daily high
- 68°F58th percentile
- Average daily low
- 52°F76th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 23″16th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 0″0th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 3,525 hrs91th percentile
- Median AQI
- 4982th percentile
- Median home value
- $598k87th percentile
- Median rent
- $2,833/mo97th percentile
- Median household income
- $120k85th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.01%52th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 13.3%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 8.8%
- Unemployment rate
- 5.1%
- Homes with broadband
- 96%82th percentile
- Walkability index
- 17.0100th percentile
- Average commute
- 31 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 25%16th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 45%
- Violent crime rate
- 769 per 100k95th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 9,522 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 10093th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8079th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 3%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 14%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,345 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 60°F | 45°F | 4.3″ | — | 190 hrs |
| Feb | 62°F | 47°F | 4.3″ | — | 200 hrs |
| Mar | 65°F | 49°F | 3.2″ | — | 254 hrs |
| Apr | 67°F | 50°F | 1.4″ | — | 301 hrs |
| May | 69°F | 53°F | 0.8″ | — | 364 hrs |
| Jun | 72°F | 55°F | 0.2″ | — | 398 hrs |
| Jul | 72°F | 57°F | 0.0″ | — | 415 hrs |
| Aug | 73°F | 58°F | 0.1″ | — | 383 hrs |
| Sep | 75°F | 57°F | 0.1″ | — | 335 hrs |
| Oct | 73°F | 55°F | 1.1″ | — | 286 hrs |
| Nov | 66°F | 49°F | 2.4″ | — | 222 hrs |
| Dec | 60°F | 45°F | 4.7″ | — | 178 hrs |
Near Emeryville
- Berkeley, CA · 120k
- Albany, CA · 20k
- Piedmont, CA · 11k
- Kensington, CA · 5.3k
- El Cerrito, CA · 26k
- Oakland, CA · 438k
- Alameda, CA · 77k
- East Richmond Heights, CA · 3.3k
Largest places in California
- Los Angeles, CA · 3.9M
- San Diego, CA · 1.4M
- San Jose, CA · 990k
- San Francisco, CA · 836k
- Fresno, CA · 544k
- Sacramento, CA · 525k
- Long Beach, CA · 458k
- Bakersfield, CA · 408k
Sources: NOAA climate normals, NASA POWER, EPA air quality, U.S. Census Bureau, FEMA, FBI, EPA walkability and EDFacts. Methodology