Warm-summer Mediterranean
Mill Valley, California
Marin County, California · Population 14k · 75 ft elevation
Living in Mill Valley
Mill Valley has a warm-summer mediterranean climate: hot summers (July highs around 83°F) and mild winters (January lows around 42°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 44″ a year, and it essentially never sees snow.
Skies are exceptionally sunny (78% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is excellent: a median AQI of 28 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Mill Valley: about 17% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 1,100 ft around town.
Mill Valley at a glance
- Population
- 14k
- Elevation
- 75 ft
- Average daily high
- 71°F65th percentile
- Average daily low
- 48°F62th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 44″52th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 0″0th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 3,526 hrs91th percentile
- Median AQI
- 284th percentile
- Median home value
- $2M99th percentile
- Median rent
- $3,313/mo99th percentile
- Median household income
- $208k98th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.50%9th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 13.3%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 8.8%
- Unemployment rate
- 8.4%
- Homes with broadband
- 97%89th percentile
- Walkability index
- 12.582th percentile
- Average commute
- 25 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 79%92th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 85%
- Violent crime rate
- 51 per 100k15th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 795 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9668th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8887th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 37%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 17%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,115 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 57°F | 42°F | 8.8″ | — | 190 hrs |
| Feb | 61°F | 43°F | 8.7″ | — | 200 hrs |
| Mar | 65°F | 45°F | 6.0″ | — | 254 hrs |
| Apr | 69°F | 47°F | 2.6″ | — | 301 hrs |
| May | 74°F | 50°F | 1.4″ | — | 364 hrs |
| Jun | 80°F | 52°F | 0.4″ | — | 398 hrs |
| Jul | 83°F | 53°F | 0.0″ | — | 415 hrs |
| Aug | 83°F | 54°F | 0.1″ | — | 383 hrs |
| Sep | 82°F | 53°F | 0.1″ | — | 335 hrs |
| Oct | 76°F | 50°F | 2.0″ | — | 286 hrs |
| Nov | 64°F | 46°F | 4.6″ | — | 221 hrs |
| Dec | 57°F | 42°F | 9.8″ | — | 177 hrs |
Near Mill Valley
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Sources: NOAA climate normals, NASA POWER, EPA air quality, U.S. Census Bureau, FEMA, FBI, EPA walkability and EDFacts. Methodology