Warm-summer Mediterranean
Portland, Oregon
Multnomah County, Oregon · Population 643k · 49 ft elevation
Living in Portland
Portland has a warm-summer mediterranean climate: hot summers (July highs around 81°F) and mild winters (January lows around 38°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 44″ a year, and it sees only a dusting of snow (4″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (52% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 37 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Portland: about 16% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 1,800 ft around town.
Portland at a glance
- Population
- 643k
- Elevation
- 49 ft
- Average daily high
- 63°F35th percentile
- Average daily low
- 47°F57th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 44″52th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 4″37th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,391 hrs9th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3721th percentile
- Median home value
- $558k84th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,596/mo71th percentile
- Median household income
- $89k65th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.99%51th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 9.9%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 0.0%
- Unemployment rate
- 5.5%
- Homes with broadband
- 93%62th percentile
- Walkability index
- 15.999th percentile
- Average commute
- 25 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 47%52th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 60%
- Violent crime rate
- 702 per 100k94th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 5,113 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9879th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8685th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 8%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 16%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,837 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 47°F | 38°F | 6.4″ | 1.3″ | 96 hrs |
| Feb | 51°F | 39°F | 4.7″ | 1.4″ | 124 hrs |
| Mar | 56°F | 41°F | 4.8″ | — | 150 hrs |
| Apr | 61°F | 45°F | 3.6″ | — | 192 hrs |
| May | 68°F | 50°F | 2.6″ | — | 251 hrs |
| Jun | 73°F | 54°F | 1.5″ | — | 269 hrs |
| Jul | 81°F | 58°F | 0.4″ | — | 358 hrs |
| Aug | 81°F | 59°F | 0.5″ | — | 326 hrs |
| Sep | 75°F | 56°F | 1.6″ | — | 257 hrs |
| Oct | 63°F | 48°F | 4.0″ | — | 177 hrs |
| Nov | 53°F | 42°F | 6.6″ | — | 106 hrs |
| Dec | 46°F | 38°F | 7.3″ | 0.9″ | 85 hrs |
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Sources: NOAA climate normals, NASA POWER, EPA air quality, U.S. Census Bureau, FEMA, FBI, EPA walkability and EDFacts. Methodology