Cold semi-arid
Oceanside, California
San Diego County, California · Population 173k · 335 ft elevation
Living in Oceanside
Oceanside has a cold semi-arid climate: pleasantly warm summers (July highs around 76°F) and mild winters (January lows around 40°F).
Precipitation is dry at about 12″ a year, and it essentially never sees snow.
Skies are exceptionally sunny (81% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (23 days a year).
Air quality is poor: a median AQI of 67, with about 33 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Oceanside: about 17% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 3,100 ft around town.
Oceanside at a glance
- Population
- 173k
- Elevation
- 335 ft
- Average daily high
- 70°F63th percentile
- Average daily low
- 50°F69th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 12″5th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 0″0th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 3,585 hrs92th percentile
- Median AQI
- 6796th percentile
- Median home value
- $702k91th percentile
- Median rent
- $2,207/mo91th percentile
- Median household income
- $94k69th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.65%21th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 13.3%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 8.8%
- Unemployment rate
- 5.4%
- Homes with broadband
- 95%76th percentile
- Walkability index
- 11.877th percentile
- Average commute
- 30 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 40%40th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 48%
- Violent crime rate
- 385 per 100k80th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 1,544 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 10093th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8282th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 1%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 17%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 3,117 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 66°F | 40°F | 2.4″ | — | 247 hrs |
| Feb | 65°F | 41°F | 2.9″ | — | 233 hrs |
| Mar | 65°F | 45°F | 1.7″ | — | 291 hrs |
| Apr | 68°F | 47°F | 0.9″ | — | 310 hrs |
| May | 69°F | 53°F | 0.3″ | — | 327 hrs |
| Jun | 72°F | 57°F | 0.1″ | — | 335 hrs |
| Jul | 76°F | 61°F | 0.1″ | — | 371 hrs |
| Aug | 77°F | 61°F | 0.0″ | — | 368 hrs |
| Sep | 77°F | 58°F | 0.1″ | — | 322 hrs |
| Oct | 74°F | 52°F | 0.6″ | — | 288 hrs |
| Nov | 70°F | 43°F | 0.8″ | — | 256 hrs |
| Dec | 65°F | 39°F | 2.0″ | — | 236 hrs |
Near Oceanside
- Vista, CA · 99k
- Camp Pendleton South, CA · 15k
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- Carlsbad, CA · 115k
- Bonsall, CA · 4.3k
- Lake San Marcos, CA · 5k
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Largest places in California
- Los Angeles, CA · 3.9M
- San Diego, CA · 1.4M
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- San Francisco, CA · 836k
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- 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