Warm-summer Mediterranean
San Francisco, California
San Francisco County, California · Population 836k · 92 ft elevation
Living in San Francisco
San Francisco has a warm-summer mediterranean climate: cool summers (July highs around 67°F) and very mild winters (January lows around 47°F).
Precipitation is moderate at about 23″ a year, and it essentially never sees snow.
Skies are exceptionally sunny (78% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 33 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around San Francisco: about 15% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 1,300 ft around town.
San Francisco at a glance
- Population
- 836k
- Elevation
- 92 ft
- Average daily high
- 64°F39th percentile
- Average daily low
- 51°F73th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 23″16th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 0″0th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 3,525 hrs91th percentile
- Median AQI
- 338th percentile
- Median home value
- $1.4M99th percentile
- Median rent
- $2,419/mo94th percentile
- Median household income
- $141k91th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.68%24th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 13.3%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 8.8%
- Unemployment rate
- 5.6%
- Homes with broadband
- 92%55th percentile
- Walkability index
- 16.3100th percentile
- Average commute
- 31 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 49%57th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 56%
- Violent crime rate
- 486 per 100k87th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 2,960 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 10093th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8584th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 11%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 15%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,345 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 58°F | 47°F | 4.4″ | — | 191 hrs |
| Feb | 61°F | 48°F | 4.4″ | — | 200 hrs |
| Mar | 62°F | 49°F | 3.1″ | — | 254 hrs |
| Apr | 63°F | 50°F | 1.6″ | — | 301 hrs |
| May | 64°F | 52°F | 0.7″ | — | 364 hrs |
| Jun | 67°F | 53°F | 0.2″ | — | 398 hrs |
| Jul | 67°F | 55°F | 0.0″ | — | 415 hrs |
| Aug | 68°F | 56°F | 0.1″ | — | 383 hrs |
| Sep | 70°F | 56°F | 0.1″ | — | 335 hrs |
| Oct | 70°F | 55°F | 0.9″ | — | 286 hrs |
| Nov | 64°F | 51°F | 2.6″ | — | 222 hrs |
| Dec | 58°F | 47°F | 4.8″ | — | 178 hrs |
Near San Francisco
- Daly City, CA · 103k
- Broadmoor, CA · 4.5k
- Sausalito, CA · 7.2k
- Brisbane, CA · 4.7k
- Emeryville, CA · 13k
- Tiburon, CA · 9k
- Marin City, CA · 3.6k
- South San Francisco, CA · 64k
Largest places in California
- Los Angeles, CA · 3.9M
- San Diego, CA · 1.4M
- San Jose, CA · 990k
- 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