Cold semi-arid
Ontario, Oregon
Malheur County, Oregon · Population 12k · 2,149 ft elevation
Living in Ontario
Ontario has a cold semi-arid climate: very hot summers (July highs around 93°F) and cold winters (January lows around 23°F).
Precipitation is very dry at about 10″ a year, and it gets light snow (15″ a season).
Skies are sunny (64% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 36 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Ontario: about 33% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 1,700 ft around town.
Ontario at a glance
- Population
- 12k
- Elevation
- 2,149 ft
- Average daily high
- 64°F39th percentile
- Average daily low
- 39°F15th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 10″3th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 15″52th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,950 hrs62th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3616th percentile
- Median home value
- $218k39th percentile
- Median rent
- $790/mo12th percentile
- Median household income
- $44k8th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.83%39th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 9.9%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 0.0%
- Unemployment rate
- 5.0%
- Homes with broadband
- 86%24th percentile
- Walkability index
- 14.996th percentile
- Average commute
- 14 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 42%42th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 52%
- Violent crime rate
- 441 per 100k84th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 3,965 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 356th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8887th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 6%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 33%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,673 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 36°F | 23°F | 1.3″ | 6.1″ | 128 hrs |
| Feb | 44°F | 26°F | 0.8″ | 2.3″ | 150 hrs |
| Mar | 56°F | 32°F | 1.0″ | 0.5″ | 190 hrs |
| Apr | 63°F | 38°F | 0.9″ | — | 251 hrs |
| May | 74°F | 47°F | 1.4″ | — | 311 hrs |
| Jun | 82°F | 54°F | 0.7″ | — | 346 hrs |
| Jul | 93°F | 60°F | 0.3″ | — | 414 hrs |
| Aug | 91°F | 57°F | 0.1″ | — | 375 hrs |
| Sep | 81°F | 47°F | 0.3″ | — | 299 hrs |
| Oct | 65°F | 36°F | 0.8″ | — | 229 hrs |
| Nov | 47°F | 28°F | 0.9″ | 1.1″ | 149 hrs |
| Dec | 36°F | 22°F | 1.6″ | 5.4″ | 108 hrs |
Near Ontario
- Nyssa, OR · 3.2k
- Baker City, OR · 10k
- La Grande, OR · 13k
- Burns, OR · 2.7k
- Pendleton, OR · 17k
- Milton-Freewater, OR · 7.1k
- Hermiston, OR · 19k
- Umatilla, OR · 7.5k
Largest places in Oregon
- Portland, OR · 643k
- Eugene, OR · 178k
- Salem, OR · 177k
- Gresham, OR · 113k
- Hillsboro, OR · 107k
- Bend, OR · 101k
- Beaverton, OR · 98k
- Medford, OR · 86k
Sources: NOAA climate normals, NASA POWER, EPA air quality, U.S. Census Bureau, FEMA, FBI, EPA walkability and EDFacts. Methodology