Warm-summer Mediterranean
Pismo Beach, California
San Luis Obispo County, California · Population 8k · 59 ft elevation
Living in Pismo Beach
Pismo Beach has a warm-summer mediterranean climate: pleasantly warm summers (July highs around 70°F) and mild winters (January lows around 44°F).
Precipitation is dry at about 18″ 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 Pismo Beach: about 17% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 2,200 ft around town.
Pismo Beach at a glance
- Population
- 8k
- Elevation
- 59 ft
- Average daily high
- 69°F60th percentile
- Average daily low
- 49°F66th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 18″12th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 0″0th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 3,728 hrs96th percentile
- Median AQI
- 5084th percentile
- Median home value
- $993k97th percentile
- Median rent
- $2,298/mo93th percentile
- Median household income
- $113k81th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.66%22th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 13.3%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 8.8%
- Unemployment rate
- 4.3%
- Homes with broadband
- 95%76th percentile
- Walkability index
- 12.883th percentile
- Average commute
- 20 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 36%33th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 55%
- Violent crime rate
- 326 per 100k74th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 1,770 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9668th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8282th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 2%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 17%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 2,198 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 65°F | 44°F | 3.5″ | — | 228 hrs |
| Feb | 65°F | 44°F | 4.0″ | — | 220 hrs |
| Mar | 67°F | 46°F | 3.0″ | — | 284 hrs |
| Apr | 70°F | 48°F | 1.0″ | — | 319 hrs |
| May | 72°F | 49°F | 0.5″ | — | 380 hrs |
| Jun | 70°F | 51°F | 0.1″ | — | 401 hrs |
| Jul | 70°F | 54°F | 0.0″ | — | 407 hrs |
| Aug | 71°F | 55°F | 0.0″ | — | 384 hrs |
| Sep | 72°F | 54°F | 0.1″ | — | 341 hrs |
| Oct | 72°F | 53°F | 0.8″ | — | 301 hrs |
| Nov | 69°F | 46°F | 1.8″ | — | 247 hrs |
| Dec | 65°F | 44°F | 3.1″ | — | 216 hrs |
Near Pismo Beach
- Grover Beach, CA · 13k
- Oceano, CA · 7.1k
- Arroyo Grande, CA · 18k
- San Luis Obispo, CA · 48k
- Callender, CA · 2.8k
- California Polytechnic State University, CA · 7.5k
- Nipomo, CA · 17k
- Los Osos, CA · 15k
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