Warm-summer humid continental
Monte Vista, Colorado
Rio Grande County, Colorado · Population 4.2k · 7,680 ft elevation
Living in Monte Vista
Monte Vista has a warm-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 80°F) and bitterly cold winters (January lows around -2°F).
Precipitation is very dry at about 9″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (35″ a season).
Skies are exceptionally sunny (74% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is excellent: a median AQI of 25 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
Monte Vista is an outdoor hub: about 47% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 3,500 ft around town.
Monte Vista at a glance
- Population
- 4.2k
- Elevation
- 7,680 ft
- Average daily high
- 59°F13th percentile
- Average daily low
- 22°F0th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 9″2th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 35″76th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 3,258 hrs86th percentile
- Median AQI
- 253th percentile
- Median home value
- $205k35th percentile
- Median rent
- $657/mo3th percentile
- Median household income
- $49k14th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.45%6th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 4.4%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 7.9%
- Unemployment rate
- 14.7%
- Homes with broadband
- 83%14th percentile
- Walkability index
- 7.736th percentile
- Average commute
- 20 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 12%3th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 37%
- Violent crime rate
- 226 per 100k60th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 5,332 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 4610th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 9695th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 27%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 47%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 3,510 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 33°F | -2°F | 0.4″ | 6.0″ | 241 hrs |
| Feb | 40°F | 5°F | 0.3″ | 4.5″ | 229 hrs |
| Mar | 52°F | 16°F | 0.7″ | 6.5″ | 279 hrs |
| Apr | 59°F | 22°F | 0.7″ | 4.8″ | 278 hrs |
| May | 67°F | 31°F | 0.8″ | 1.2″ | 314 hrs |
| Jun | 77°F | 38°F | 0.5″ | — | 344 hrs |
| Jul | 80°F | 45°F | 1.5″ | — | 298 hrs |
| Aug | 78°F | 43°F | 1.6″ | — | 285 hrs |
| Sep | 73°F | 35°F | 1.1″ | — | 275 hrs |
| Oct | 62°F | 23°F | 0.8″ | 2.8″ | 267 hrs |
| Nov | 48°F | 12°F | 0.4″ | 3.9″ | 229 hrs |
| Dec | 35°F | 0°F | 0.4″ | 5.7″ | 219 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