Cold semi-arid
Malibu, California
Los Angeles County, California · Population 11k · 144 ft elevation
Living in Malibu
Malibu has a cold semi-arid climate: cool summers (July highs around 69°F) and very mild winters (January lows around 49°F).
Precipitation is dry at about 12″ a year, and it essentially never sees snow.
Skies are exceptionally sunny (84% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (8 days a year).
Air quality is poor: a median AQI of 74, with about 98 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Malibu: about 6% 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.
Malibu at a glance
- Population
- 11k
- Elevation
- 144 ft
- Average daily high
- 65°F45th percentile
- Average daily low
- 55°F83th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 12″5th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 0″0th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 3,762 hrs96th percentile
- Median AQI
- 7498th percentile
- Median home value
- $2M99th percentile
- Median rent
- $3,501/mo99th percentile
- Median household income
- $192k97th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.50%9th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 13.3%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 8.8%
- Unemployment rate
- 7.4%
- Homes with broadband
- 96%82th percentile
- Walkability index
- 5.04th percentile
- Average commute
- 33 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 55%64th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 66%
- Violent crime rate
- 568 per 100k90th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 2,006 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 10093th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8282th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 17%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 6%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 2,001 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 62°F | 49°F | 3.1″ | — | 239 hrs |
| Feb | 62°F | 49°F | 3.1″ | — | 227 hrs |
| Mar | 61°F | 51°F | 1.7″ | — | 290 hrs |
| Apr | 63°F | 53°F | 0.6″ | — | 317 hrs |
| May | 63°F | 55°F | 0.2″ | — | 364 hrs |
| Jun | 66°F | 59°F | 0.1″ | — | 386 hrs |
| Jul | 69°F | 61°F | 0.0″ | — | 408 hrs |
| Aug | 69°F | 62°F | 0.0″ | — | 395 hrs |
| Sep | 70°F | 61°F | 0.0″ | — | 342 hrs |
| Oct | 67°F | 58°F | 0.5″ | — | 304 hrs |
| Nov | 67°F | 53°F | 0.8″ | — | 258 hrs |
| Dec | 63°F | 49°F | 2.0″ | — | 233 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