Hot-summer Mediterranean
Montebello, California
Los Angeles County, California · Population 61k · 217 ft elevation
Living in Montebello
Montebello has a hot-summer mediterranean climate: hot summers (July highs around 86°F) and very mild winters (January lows around 47°F).
Precipitation is dry at about 16″ a year, and it essentially never sees snow.
Skies are exceptionally sunny (84% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
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 Montebello: about 26% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 5,200 ft around town.
Montebello at a glance
- Population
- 61k
- Elevation
- 217 ft
- Average daily high
- 77°F81th percentile
- Average daily low
- 56°F85th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 16″10th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 0″0th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 3,762 hrs96th percentile
- Median AQI
- 7498th percentile
- Median home value
- $661k90th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,771/mo79th percentile
- Median household income
- $75k50th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.75%31th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 13.3%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 8.8%
- Unemployment rate
- 6.9%
- Homes with broadband
- 86%24th percentile
- Walkability index
- 11.777th percentile
- Average commute
- 31 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 17%7th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 31%
- Violent crime rate
- 420 per 100k83th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 2,092 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 10093th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8181th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 0%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 26%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 5,151 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 69°F | 47°F | 3.6″ | — | 239 hrs |
| Feb | 69°F | 48°F | 4.2″ | — | 227 hrs |
| Mar | 71°F | 51°F | 2.5″ | — | 290 hrs |
| Apr | 74°F | 53°F | 0.6″ | — | 317 hrs |
| May | 76°F | 58°F | 0.5″ | — | 364 hrs |
| Jun | 81°F | 62°F | 0.1″ | — | 386 hrs |
| Jul | 86°F | 66°F | 0.0″ | — | 408 hrs |
| Aug | 88°F | 66°F | 0.0″ | — | 395 hrs |
| Sep | 87°F | 64°F | 0.1″ | — | 342 hrs |
| Oct | 81°F | 58°F | 0.6″ | — | 304 hrs |
| Nov | 75°F | 51°F | 0.9″ | — | 258 hrs |
| Dec | 68°F | 46°F | 2.4″ | — | 233 hrs |
Near Montebello
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Sources: NOAA climate normals, NASA POWER, EPA air quality, U.S. Census Bureau, FEMA, FBI, EPA walkability and EDFacts. Methodology