Cold semi-arid
San Diego, California
San Diego County, California · Population 1.4M · 417 ft elevation
Living in San Diego
San Diego has a cold semi-arid climate: pleasantly warm summers (July highs around 80°F) and very mild winters (January lows around 46°F).
Precipitation is very dry at about 11″ a year, and it essentially never sees snow.
Skies are exceptionally sunny (86% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is poor: a median AQI of 67, with about 33 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around San Diego: about 17% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 2,600 ft around town.
San Diego at a glance
- Population
- 1.4M
- Elevation
- 417 ft
- Average daily high
- 73°F70th percentile
- Average daily low
- 55°F83th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 11″4th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 0″0th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 3,845 hrs98th percentile
- Median AQI
- 6796th percentile
- Median home value
- $849k95th percentile
- Median rent
- $2,223/mo91th percentile
- Median household income
- $104k76th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.67%23th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 13.3%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 8.8%
- Unemployment rate
- 5.9%
- Homes with broadband
- 95%76th percentile
- Walkability index
- 12.984th percentile
- Average commute
- 24 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 8%1th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 12%
- Violent crime rate
- 374 per 100k79th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 1,554 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 10093th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8382th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 2%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 17%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 2,625 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 67°F | 46°F | 2.3″ | — | 250 hrs |
| Feb | 67°F | 47°F | 2.6″ | — | 236 hrs |
| Mar | 69°F | 50°F | 1.6″ | — | 307 hrs |
| Apr | 71°F | 52°F | 0.8″ | — | 335 hrs |
| May | 72°F | 57°F | 0.3″ | — | 385 hrs |
| Jun | 75°F | 60°F | 0.1″ | — | 405 hrs |
| Jul | 80°F | 64°F | 0.1″ | — | 393 hrs |
| Aug | 82°F | 65°F | 0.0″ | — | 380 hrs |
| Sep | 81°F | 64°F | 0.2″ | — | 336 hrs |
| Oct | 78°F | 58°F | 0.5″ | — | 311 hrs |
| Nov | 73°F | 50°F | 0.9″ | — | 263 hrs |
| Dec | 67°F | 45°F | 1.6″ | — | 242 hrs |
Near San Diego
- La Mesa, CA · 61k
- Lemon Grove, CA · 27k
- Santee, CA · 59k
- El Cajon, CA · 105k
- Casa de Oro-Mount Helix, CA · 20k
- La Presa, CA · 37k
- National City, CA · 56k
- Coronado, CA · 19k
Largest places in California
- Los Angeles, CA · 3.9M
- San Jose, CA · 990k
- San Francisco, CA · 836k
- Fresno, CA · 544k
- Sacramento, CA · 525k
- Long Beach, CA · 458k
- Oakland, CA · 438k
- Bakersfield, CA · 408k
Sources: NOAA climate normals, NASA POWER, EPA air quality, U.S. Census Bureau, FEMA, FBI, EPA walkability and EDFacts. Methodology