Warm-summer Mediterranean
Foster City, California
California · Population 33k · 10 ft elevation
Living in Foster City
Foster City has a warm-summer mediterranean climate: hot summers (July highs around 81°F) and mild winters (January lows around 41°F).
Precipitation is dry at about 19″ a year, and it essentially never sees snow.
Skies are sunny (71% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (6 days a year).
Air quality is excellent: a median AQI of 27 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Foster City: about 9% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 2,000 ft around town.
Foster City at a glance
- Population
- 33k
- Elevation
- 10 ft
- Average daily high
- 71°F65th percentile
- Average daily low
- 48°F62th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 19″13th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 0″0th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 3,144 hrs80th percentile
- Median AQI
- 273th percentile
- Median home value
- $1.8M99th percentile
- Median rent
- $3,501/mo99th percentile
- Median household income
- $194k97th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.56%13th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 13.3%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 8.8%
- Unemployment rate
- 4.8%
- Homes with broadband
- 98%93th percentile
- Walkability index
- 11.072th percentile
- Average commute
- 31 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 53%63th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 62%
- Violent crime rate
- 68 per 100k21th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 775 per 100k
- Outdoor access
- 8685th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 25%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 9%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,969 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 59°F | 41°F | 3.8″ | — | 200 hrs |
| Feb | 62°F | 43°F | 3.6″ | — | 200 hrs |
| Mar | 65°F | 45°F | 3.0″ | — | 256 hrs |
| Apr | 69°F | 47°F | 1.1″ | — | 293 hrs |
| May | 73°F | 51°F | 0.5″ | — | 323 hrs |
| Jun | 79°F | 54°F | 0.2″ | — | 340 hrs |
| Jul | 81°F | 57°F | 0.0″ | — | 308 hrs |
| Aug | 81°F | 57°F | 0.0″ | — | 284 hrs |
| Sep | 79°F | 54°F | 0.1″ | — | 274 hrs |
| Oct | 75°F | 50°F | 0.9″ | — | 260 hrs |
| Nov | 65°F | 44°F | 1.9″ | — | 219 hrs |
| Dec | 59°F | 40°F | 3.9″ | — | 187 hrs |
Near Foster City
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- Redwood City, CA · 82k
- Belmont, CA · 28k
- San Carlos, CA · 30k
- Hillsborough, CA · 11k
- Highlands, CA · 2.5k
- Burlingame, CA · 31k
- North Fair Oaks, CA · 13k
Largest places in California
- Los Angeles, CA · 3.9M
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Sources: NOAA climate normals, NASA POWER, EPA air quality, U.S. Census Bureau, FEMA, FBI, EPA walkability and EDFacts. Methodology