Warm-summer Mediterranean

Hillsboro, Oregon

Washington County, Oregon · Population 107k · 194 ft elevation

Living in Hillsboro

Hillsboro has a warm-summer mediterranean climate: hot summers (July highs around 82°F) and chilly winters (January lows around 34°F).

Precipitation is wet at about 36″ a year, and it sees only a dusting of snow (3″ a season).

Skies are partly sunny (52% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.

Air quality is good: a median AQI of 36 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.

There is plenty to explore outdoors around Hillsboro: about 16% 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.

Hillsboro at a glance

Population
107k
Elevation
194 ft
Average daily high
63°F35th percentile
Average daily low
42°F30th percentile
Annual precipitation
36″28th percentile
Annual snowfall
3″34th percentile
Sunshine hours per year
2,391 hrs9th percentile
Median AQI
3616th percentile
Median home value
$483k80th percentile
Median rent
$1,896/mo84th percentile
Median household income
$103k76th percentile
Property tax rate
0.86%41th percentile
Top state income-tax rate
9.9%
Sales tax (state + local)
0.0%
Unemployment rate
4.6%
Homes with broadband
96%82th percentile
Walkability index
12.883th percentile
Average commute
23 min
Math proficiency (8th grade)
37%34th percentile
Reading proficiency (8th grade)
52%
Violent crime rate
288 per 100k70th percentile
Property crime rate
1,980 per 100k
Overall natural-hazard risk
9668th percentile
Outdoor access
8887th percentile
Public land within 10 miles
9%
Public land within 30 miles
16%
Mountain relief within 30 miles
2,001 ft

Climate by month

Average monthly weather in Hillsboro, Oregon
MonthHighLowPrecipitationSnowSunshine
Jan47°F34°F5.3″0.6″96 hrs
Feb51°F34°F4.0″0.6″124 hrs
Mar56°F37°F3.7″—150 hrs
Apr61°F39°F2.6″—192 hrs
May69°F45°F2.0″—251 hrs
Jun74°F49°F1.3″—269 hrs
Jul82°F52°F0.4″—358 hrs
Aug82°F52°F0.5″—326 hrs
Sep76°F48°F1.4″—257 hrs
Oct64°F41°F3.4″0.2″177 hrs
Nov53°F37°F5.4″—106 hrs
Dec46°F33°F6.0″1.3″85 hrs

Near Hillsboro

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Sources: NOAA climate normals, NASA POWER, EPA air quality, U.S. Census Bureau, FEMA, FBI, EPA walkability and EDFacts. Methodology