Warm-summer Mediterranean
Sammamish, Washington
King County, Washington · Population 66k · 472 ft elevation
Living in Sammamish
Sammamish has a warm-summer mediterranean climate: pleasantly warm summers (July highs around 76°F) and mild winters (January lows around 36°F).
Precipitation is very wet at about 63″ a year, and it sees only a dusting of snow (4″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (55% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is moderate: a median AQI of 43 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
Sammamish is an outdoor hub: about 28% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 3,800 ft around town.
Sammamish at a glance
- Population
- 66k
- Elevation
- 472 ft
- Average daily high
- 60°F18th percentile
- Average daily low
- 43°F36th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 63″97th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 4″37th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,575 hrs20th percentile
- Median AQI
- 4356th percentile
- Median home value
- $1.2M98th percentile
- Median rent
- $2,728/mo97th percentile
- Median household income
- $227k99th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.81%37th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 0.0%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 9.4%
- Unemployment rate
- 2.7%
- Homes with broadband
- 99%97th percentile
- Walkability index
- 9.057th percentile
- Average commute
- 31 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 77%90th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 80%
- Violent crime rate
- 21 per 100k6th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 356 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 10093th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 9392th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 11%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 28%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 3,806 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 46°F | 36°F | 8.6″ | 1.5″ | 104 hrs |
| Feb | 50°F | 35°F | 5.8″ | 0.2″ | 139 hrs |
| Mar | 54°F | 37°F | 6.7″ | 0.3″ | 170 hrs |
| Apr | 59°F | 40°F | 5.3″ | — | 218 hrs |
| May | 64°F | 46°F | 4.0″ | — | 271 hrs |
| Jun | 69°F | 51°F | 3.1″ | — | 297 hrs |
| Jul | 76°F | 54°F | 1.2″ | — | 382 hrs |
| Aug | 77°F | 54°F | 1.2″ | — | 346 hrs |
| Sep | 70°F | 49°F | 3.0″ | — | 262 hrs |
| Oct | 59°F | 43°F | 6.2″ | — | 186 hrs |
| Nov | 51°F | 38°F | 9.5″ | 0.1″ | 112 hrs |
| Dec | 46°F | 36°F | 8.4″ | 1.5″ | 89 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