Warm-summer Mediterranean
Lompoc, California
Santa Barbara County, California · Population 44k · 112 ft elevation
Living in Lompoc
Lompoc has a warm-summer mediterranean climate: pleasantly warm summers (July highs around 72°F) and mild winters (January lows around 43°F).
Precipitation is dry at about 15″ a year, and it essentially never sees snow.
Skies are exceptionally sunny (75% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (8 days a year).
Air quality is poor: a median AQI of 52 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Lompoc: about 11% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 2,100 ft around town.
Lompoc at a glance
- Population
- 44k
- Elevation
- 112 ft
- Average daily high
- 69°F60th percentile
- Average daily low
- 49°F66th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 15″9th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 0″0th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 3,323 hrs88th percentile
- Median AQI
- 5286th percentile
- Median home value
- $434k75th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,516/mo68th percentile
- Median household income
- $70k44th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.59%16th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 13.3%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 8.8%
- Unemployment rate
- 6.8%
- Homes with broadband
- 89%38th percentile
- Walkability index
- 9.461th percentile
- Average commute
- 28 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 25%16th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 44%
- Violent crime rate
- 403 per 100k82th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 1,068 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9986th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8079th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 3%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 11%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 2,100 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 65°F | 43°F | 3.3″ | — | 238 hrs |
| Feb | 65°F | 44°F | 3.7″ | — | 224 hrs |
| Mar | 67°F | 46°F | 2.8″ | — | 280 hrs |
| Apr | 68°F | 47°F | 0.9″ | — | 311 hrs |
| May | 69°F | 51°F | 0.3″ | — | 332 hrs |
| Jun | 71°F | 53°F | 0.1″ | — | 317 hrs |
| Jul | 72°F | 55°F | 0.0″ | — | 307 hrs |
| Aug | 73°F | 56°F | 0.0″ | — | 294 hrs |
| Sep | 75°F | 55°F | 0.1″ | — | 279 hrs |
| Oct | 74°F | 51°F | 0.7″ | — | 270 hrs |
| Nov | 70°F | 46°F | 1.2″ | — | 245 hrs |
| Dec | 63°F | 42°F | 2.4″ | — | 226 hrs |
Near Lompoc
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Sources: NOAA climate normals, NASA POWER, EPA air quality, U.S. Census Bureau, FEMA, FBI, EPA walkability and EDFacts. Methodology