Hot-summer Mediterranean
Salt Lake City, Utah
Salt Lake County, Utah · Population 204k · 4,301 ft elevation
Living in Salt Lake City
Salt Lake City has a hot-summer mediterranean climate: very hot summers (July highs around 91°F) and chilly winters (January lows around 28°F).
Precipitation is dry at about 18″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (49″ a season).
Skies are sunny (69% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is poor: a median AQI of 57, with about 16 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
Salt Lake City is an outdoor hub: about 16% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 4,400 ft around town.
Salt Lake City at a glance
- Population
- 204k
- Elevation
- 4,301 ft
- Average daily high
- 65°F45th percentile
- Average daily low
- 47°F57th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 18″12th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 49″87th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 3,128 hrs79th percentile
- Median AQI
- 5795th percentile
- Median home value
- $496k81th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,343/mo59th percentile
- Median household income
- $75k50th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.53%11th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 4.5%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 7.3%
- Unemployment rate
- 3.8%
- Homes with broadband
- 91%49th percentile
- Walkability index
- 13.991th percentile
- Average commute
- 20 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 38%38th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 41%
- Violent crime rate
- 862 per 100k97th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 4,771 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9986th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 9291th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 12%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 16%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 4,396 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 40°F | 28°F | 1.5″ | 10.7″ | 179 hrs |
| Feb | 46°F | 31°F | 1.4″ | 9.8″ | 179 hrs |
| Mar | 56°F | 39°F | 2.0″ | 6.4″ | 236 hrs |
| Apr | 62°F | 44°F | 2.5″ | 3.2″ | 248 hrs |
| May | 72°F | 52°F | 2.1″ | 0.2″ | 298 hrs |
| Jun | 83°F | 60°F | 1.1″ | — | 368 hrs |
| Jul | 91°F | 70°F | 0.6″ | — | 394 hrs |
| Aug | 90°F | 68°F | 0.6″ | — | 357 hrs |
| Sep | 80°F | 58°F | 1.3″ | — | 297 hrs |
| Oct | 66°F | 47°F | 1.4″ | 0.4″ | 241 hrs |
| Nov | 52°F | 37°F | 1.6″ | 7.3″ | 178 hrs |
| Dec | 40°F | 28°F | 1.6″ | 11.0″ | 151 hrs |
Near Salt Lake City
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Sources: NOAA climate normals, NASA POWER, EPA air quality, U.S. Census Bureau, FEMA, FBI, EPA walkability and EDFacts. Methodology