Hot-summer Mediterranean
Granite Bay, California
Placer County, California · Population 21k · 433 ft elevation
Living in Granite Bay
Granite Bay has a hot-summer mediterranean climate: very hot summers (July highs around 96°F) and mild winters (January lows around 41°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 36″ a year, and it essentially never sees snow.
Skies are exceptionally sunny (77% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is poor: a median AQI of 52, with about 2 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Granite Bay: about 9% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 2,800 ft around town.
Granite Bay at a glance
- Population
- 21k
- Elevation
- 433 ft
- Average daily high
- 76°F78th percentile
- Average daily low
- 52°F76th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 36″28th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 0″0th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 3,508 hrs90th percentile
- Median AQI
- 5286th percentile
- Median home value
- $1.1M98th percentile
- Median rent
- $2,609/mo96th percentile
- Median household income
- $190k97th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.83%39th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 13.3%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 8.8%
- Unemployment rate
- 4.6%
- Homes with broadband
- 96%82th percentile
- Walkability index
- 7.939th percentile
- Average commute
- 27 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 72%86th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 86%
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9357th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8584th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 11%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 9%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 2,789 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 59°F | 41°F | 7.0″ | — | 175 hrs |
| Feb | 62°F | 43°F | 6.5″ | — | 189 hrs |
| Mar | 66°F | 45°F | 6.1″ | — | 239 hrs |
| Apr | 71°F | 48°F | 2.8″ | — | 289 hrs |
| May | 80°F | 54°F | 1.6″ | — | 367 hrs |
| Jun | 89°F | 60°F | 0.4″ | — | 407 hrs |
| Jul | 96°F | 66°F | 0.0″ | — | 437 hrs |
| Aug | 95°F | 66°F | 0.1″ | — | 405 hrs |
| Sep | 90°F | 62°F | 0.2″ | — | 343 hrs |
| Oct | 80°F | 54°F | 1.4″ | — | 288 hrs |
| Nov | 67°F | 46°F | 3.0″ | — | 205 hrs |
| Dec | 59°F | 40°F | 6.8″ | — | 164 hrs |
Near Granite Bay
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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