Hot-summer Mediterranean
San Ramon, California
Contra Costa County, California · Population 86k · 479 ft elevation
Living in San Ramon
San Ramon has a hot-summer mediterranean climate: hot summers (July highs around 89°F) and mild winters (January lows around 39°F).
Precipitation is dry at about 15″ a year, and it essentially never sees snow.
Skies are exceptionally sunny (80% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is moderate: a median AQI of 48 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around San Ramon: about 7% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 2,400 ft around town.
San Ramon at a glance
- Population
- 86k
- Elevation
- 479 ft
- Average daily high
- 73°F70th percentile
- Average daily low
- 47°F57th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 15″9th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 0″0th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 3,632 hrs93th percentile
- Median AQI
- 4880th percentile
- Median home value
- $1.4M99th percentile
- Median rent
- $2,916/mo97th percentile
- Median household income
- $197k98th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.74%30th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 13.3%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 8.8%
- Unemployment rate
- 5.0%
- Homes with broadband
- 97%89th percentile
- Walkability index
- 10.469th percentile
- Average commute
- 35 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 71%85th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 76%
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9986th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8181th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 7%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 7%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 2,428 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 57°F | 39°F | 2.8″ | — | 176 hrs |
| Feb | 61°F | 41°F | 2.7″ | — | 204 hrs |
| Mar | 66°F | 43°F | 2.2″ | — | 265 hrs |
| Apr | 70°F | 45°F | 1.1″ | — | 310 hrs |
| May | 76°F | 50°F | 0.5″ | — | 381 hrs |
| Jun | 84°F | 54°F | 0.1″ | — | 412 hrs |
| Jul | 89°F | 56°F | 0.0″ | — | 435 hrs |
| Aug | 88°F | 56°F | 0.0″ | — | 407 hrs |
| Sep | 86°F | 54°F | 0.1″ | — | 348 hrs |
| Oct | 77°F | 49°F | 0.8″ | — | 300 hrs |
| Nov | 65°F | 43°F | 1.5″ | — | 222 hrs |
| Dec | 57°F | 39°F | 2.7″ | — | 174 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