Cold semi-arid
Gallup, New Mexico
McKinley County, New Mexico · Population 21k · 6,512 ft elevation
Living in Gallup
Gallup has a cold semi-arid climate: hot summers (July highs around 87°F) and cold winters (January lows around 17°F).
Precipitation is dry at about 13″ a year, and it gets light snow (21″ a season).
Skies are exceptionally sunny (78% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 33 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Gallup: about 11% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 1,900 ft around town.
Gallup at a glance
- Population
- 21k
- Elevation
- 6,512 ft
- Average daily high
- 66°F50th percentile
- Average daily low
- 35°F5th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 13″6th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 21″59th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 3,481 hrs90th percentile
- Median AQI
- 338th percentile
- Median home value
- $135k15th percentile
- Median rent
- $858/mo20th percentile
- Median household income
- $57k26th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.14%58th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 5.9%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 7.6%
- Unemployment rate
- 6.0%
- Homes with broadband
- 80%8th percentile
- Walkability index
- 9.865th percentile
- Average commute
- 18 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 17%7th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 30%
- Violent crime rate
- 1,291 per 100k99th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 4,287 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 7830th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8483th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 9%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 11%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,870 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 44°F | 17°F | 0.9″ | 4.5″ | 231 hrs |
| Feb | 48°F | 21°F | 0.9″ | 5.7″ | 223 hrs |
| Mar | 57°F | 25°F | 0.8″ | 2.0″ | 289 hrs |
| Apr | 65°F | 32°F | 0.6″ | 0.7″ | 314 hrs |
| May | 74°F | 40°F | 0.7″ | 0.5″ | 357 hrs |
| Jun | 85°F | 50°F | 0.3″ | — | 377 hrs |
| Jul | 87°F | 57°F | 2.0″ | — | 330 hrs |
| Aug | 85°F | 56°F | 2.4″ | — | 313 hrs |
| Sep | 79°F | 47°F | 1.2″ | — | 297 hrs |
| Oct | 68°F | 34°F | 1.1″ | 0.4″ | 290 hrs |
| Nov | 55°F | 24°F | 0.8″ | 1.6″ | 247 hrs |
| Dec | 44°F | 16°F | 0.9″ | 5.2″ | 214 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