Hot desert
Palm Springs, California
Riverside County, California · Population 45k · 486 ft elevation
Living in Palm Springs
Palm Springs has a hot desert climate: scorching summers (July highs around 108°F) and very mild winters (January lows around 47°F).
Precipitation is very dry at about 5″ a year, and it essentially never sees snow.
Skies are exceptionally sunny (88% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is poor: a median AQI of 80, with about 109 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
Palm Springs is an outdoor hub: about 60% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 6,700 ft around town.
Palm Springs at a glance
- Population
- 45k
- Elevation
- 486 ft
- Average daily high
- 89°F100th percentile
- Average daily low
- 61°F92th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 5″0th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 0″0th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 3,931 hrs99th percentile
- Median AQI
- 8099th percentile
- Median home value
- $567k85th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,473/mo67th percentile
- Median household income
- $72k46th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.78%34th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 13.3%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 8.8%
- Unemployment rate
- 8.2%
- Homes with broadband
- 89%38th percentile
- Walkability index
- 12.078th percentile
- Average commute
- 23 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 19%10th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 36%
- Violent crime rate
- 506 per 100k88th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 2,946 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 10093th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 10099th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 57%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 60%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 6,693 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 70°F | 47°F | 1.4″ | — | 256 hrs |
| Feb | 73°F | 49°F | 1.1″ | — | 249 hrs |
| Mar | 80°F | 53°F | 0.6″ | — | 318 hrs |
| Apr | 88°F | 58°F | 0.1″ | — | 349 hrs |
| May | 94°F | 65°F | 0.0″ | — | 399 hrs |
| Jun | 103°F | 72°F | 0.0″ | — | 412 hrs |
| Jul | 108°F | 78°F | 0.3″ | — | 392 hrs |
| Aug | 107°F | 79°F | 0.2″ | — | 380 hrs |
| Sep | 102°F | 73°F | 0.2″ | — | 344 hrs |
| Oct | 91°F | 64°F | 0.2″ | — | 319 hrs |
| Nov | 78°F | 54°F | 0.3″ | — | 270 hrs |
| Dec | 68°F | 45°F | 0.8″ | — | 244 hrs |
Near Palm Springs
- Cathedral City, CA · 52k
- Rancho Mirage, CA · 17k
- Garnet, CA · 7k
- Desert Edge, CA · 3.6k
- Thousand Palms, CA · 7.7k
- Desert Hot Springs, CA · 33k
- Palm Desert, CA · 52k
- Idyllwild-Pine Cove, CA · 3.8k
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