Warm-summer Mediterranean
Morro Bay, California
California · Population 11k · 69 ft elevation
Living in Morro Bay
Morro Bay has a warm-summer mediterranean climate: cool summers (July highs around 67°F) and very mild winters (January lows around 47°F).
Precipitation is dry at about 17″ a year, and it essentially never sees snow.
Skies are exceptionally sunny (83% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is moderate: a median AQI of 50, with about 7 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Morro Bay: about 9% 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.
Morro Bay at a glance
- Population
- 11k
- Elevation
- 69 ft
- Average daily high
- 68°F58th percentile
- Average daily low
- 52°F76th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 17″11th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 0″0th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 3,729 hrs96th percentile
- Median AQI
- 5084th percentile
- Median home value
- $865k95th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,820/mo81th percentile
- Median household income
- $93k68th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.63%19th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 13.3%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 8.8%
- Unemployment rate
- 8.4%
- Homes with broadband
- 93%62th percentile
- Walkability index
- 14.091th percentile
- Average commute
- 21 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 25%16th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 75%
- Violent crime rate
- 199 per 100k55th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 1,033 per 100k
- Outdoor access
- 8483th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 11%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 9%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,969 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 65°F | 47°F | 3.6″ | 0.1″ | 228 hrs |
| Feb | 66°F | 48°F | 3.6″ | — | 219 hrs |
| Mar | 66°F | 49°F | 3.2″ | — | 284 hrs |
| Apr | 68°F | 49°F | 1.0″ | — | 319 hrs |
| May | 67°F | 52°F | 0.4″ | — | 380 hrs |
| Jun | 67°F | 54°F | 0.2″ | — | 402 hrs |
| Jul | 67°F | 57°F | 0.1″ | — | 407 hrs |
| Aug | 70°F | 57°F | 0.0″ | — | 385 hrs |
| Sep | 72°F | 56°F | 0.1″ | — | 341 hrs |
| Oct | 73°F | 55°F | 0.7″ | — | 301 hrs |
| Nov | 69°F | 50°F | 1.3″ | — | 247 hrs |
| Dec | 65°F | 46°F | 2.8″ | — | 216 hrs |
Near Morro Bay
- Los Osos, CA · 15k
- Cayucos, CA · 2.5k
- California Polytechnic State University, CA · 7.5k
- Atascadero, CA · 30k
- San Luis Obispo, CA · 48k
- Templeton, CA · 8.6k
- Cambria, CA · 6k
- Pismo Beach, CA · 8k
Largest places in California
- Los Angeles, CA · 3.9M
- San Diego, CA · 1.4M
- San Jose, CA · 990k
- San Francisco, CA · 836k
- Fresno, CA · 544k
- Sacramento, CA · 525k
- Long Beach, CA · 458k
- Oakland, CA · 438k
Sources: NOAA climate normals, NASA POWER, EPA air quality, U.S. Census Bureau, FEMA, FBI, EPA walkability and EDFacts. Methodology