Hot desert
Mesa, Arizona
Maricopa County, Arizona · Population 507k · 1,237 ft elevation
Living in Mesa
Mesa has a hot desert climate: scorching summers (July highs around 107°F) and mild winters (January lows around 42°F).
Precipitation is very dry at about 11″ a year, and it essentially never sees snow.
Skies are exceptionally sunny (86% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is poor: a median AQI of 73, with about 38 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Mesa: about 24% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 2,200 ft around town.
Mesa at a glance
- Population
- 507k
- Elevation
- 1,237 ft
- Average daily high
- 88°F100th percentile
- Average daily low
- 59°F90th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 11″4th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 0″0th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 3,835 hrs98th percentile
- Median AQI
- 7397th percentile
- Median home value
- $364k68th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,478/mo67th percentile
- Median household income
- $79k54th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.43%5th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 2.5%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 8.4%
- Unemployment rate
- 4.6%
- Homes with broadband
- 92%55th percentile
- Walkability index
- 11.274th percentile
- Average commute
- 25 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 52%60th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 49%
- Violent crime rate
- 424 per 100k83th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 1,306 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 10093th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8887th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 6%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 24%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 2,231 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 68°F | 42°F | 1.4″ | — | 248 hrs |
| Feb | 71°F | 44°F | 1.5″ | — | 238 hrs |
| Mar | 78°F | 49°F | 1.3″ | — | 311 hrs |
| Apr | 86°F | 54°F | 0.4″ | — | 348 hrs |
| May | 95°F | 63°F | 0.2″ | — | 397 hrs |
| Jun | 105°F | 72°F | 0.1″ | — | 409 hrs |
| Jul | 107°F | 80°F | 1.2″ | — | 378 hrs |
| Aug | 106°F | 79°F | 1.3″ | — | 362 hrs |
| Sep | 101°F | 72°F | 1.1″ | — | 330 hrs |
| Oct | 90°F | 60°F | 0.6″ | — | 312 hrs |
| Nov | 78°F | 49°F | 0.8″ | — | 263 hrs |
| Dec | 67°F | 41°F | 1.1″ | — | 238 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