Hot-summer Mediterranean
Placerville, California
El Dorado County, California · Population 11k · 1,870 ft elevation
Living in Placerville
Placerville has a hot-summer mediterranean climate: very hot summers (July highs around 94°F) and mild winters (January lows around 40°F).
Precipitation is very wet at about 51″ a year, and it essentially never sees snow.
Skies are exceptionally sunny (77% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is moderate: a median AQI of 40, with about 1 unhealthy-air day in the latest year.
Placerville is an outdoor hub: about 27% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 5,500 ft around town.
Placerville at a glance
- Population
- 11k
- Elevation
- 1,870 ft
- Average daily high
- 73°F70th percentile
- Average daily low
- 51°F73th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 51″78th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 0″0th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 3,467 hrs89th percentile
- Median AQI
- 4038th percentile
- Median home value
- $451k77th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,229/mo53th percentile
- Median household income
- $71k45th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.79%35th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 13.3%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 8.8%
- Unemployment rate
- 5.5%
- Homes with broadband
- 91%49th percentile
- Walkability index
- 13.689th percentile
- Average commute
- 28 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 62%73th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 72%
- Violent crime rate
- 449 per 100k85th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 1,170 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9151th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 9594th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 15%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 27%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 5,479 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 56°F | 40°F | 9.1″ | — | 181 hrs |
| Feb | 59°F | 40°F | 9.1″ | 0.1″ | 180 hrs |
| Mar | 62°F | 42°F | 8.7″ | 0.1″ | 232 hrs |
| Apr | 68°F | 45°F | 4.7″ | — | 273 hrs |
| May | 75°F | 51°F | 2.5″ | — | 352 hrs |
| Jun | 85°F | 60°F | 0.7″ | — | 405 hrs |
| Jul | 94°F | 67°F | 0.0″ | — | 429 hrs |
| Aug | 94°F | 66°F | 0.1″ | — | 403 hrs |
| Sep | 89°F | 61°F | 0.4″ | — | 339 hrs |
| Oct | 78°F | 53°F | 2.7″ | — | 291 hrs |
| Nov | 63°F | 45°F | 5.2″ | 0.1″ | 212 hrs |
| Dec | 54°F | 40°F | 7.5″ | — | 170 hrs |
Near Placerville
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Sources: NOAA climate normals, NASA POWER, EPA air quality, U.S. Census Bureau, FEMA, FBI, EPA walkability and EDFacts. Methodology