Cold semi-arid
Sandia Heights, New Mexico
Bernalillo County, New Mexico · Population 3.1k · 6,122 ft elevation
Living in Sandia Heights
Sandia Heights has a cold semi-arid climate: hot summers (July highs around 88°F) and chilly winters (January lows around 25°F).
Precipitation is dry at about 15″ a year, and it gets light snow (24″ a season).
Skies are exceptionally sunny (79% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is poor: a median AQI of 58, with about 21 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Sandia Heights: about 9% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 2,500 ft around town.
Sandia Heights at a glance
- Population
- 3.1k
- Elevation
- 6,122 ft
- Average daily high
- 67°F54th percentile
- Average daily low
- 43°F36th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 15″9th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 24″63th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 3,519 hrs90th percentile
- Median AQI
- 5895th percentile
- Median home value
- $624k88th percentile
- Median rent
- $3,000/mo98th percentile
- Median household income
- $152k93th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.78%34th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 5.9%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 7.6%
- Unemployment rate
- 0.9%
- Homes with broadband
- 96%82th percentile
- Walkability index
- 5.58th percentile
- Average commute
- 24 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 19%10th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 30%
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9461th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8887th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 33%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 9%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 2,461 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 45°F | 25°F | 0.7″ | 4.0″ | 236 hrs |
| Feb | 51°F | 28°F | 0.8″ | 4.4″ | 225 hrs |
| Mar | 60°F | 34°F | 1.1″ | 3.7″ | 288 hrs |
| Apr | 68°F | 40°F | 0.9″ | 1.7″ | 309 hrs |
| May | 77°F | 49°F | 0.7″ | — | 354 hrs |
| Jun | 87°F | 58°F | 0.6″ | — | 372 hrs |
| Jul | 88°F | 62°F | 2.6″ | — | 345 hrs |
| Aug | 86°F | 61°F | 2.7″ | — | 331 hrs |
| Sep | 79°F | 54°F | 1.6″ | — | 303 hrs |
| Oct | 67°F | 43°F | 1.3″ | 0.6″ | 289 hrs |
| Nov | 54°F | 33°F | 0.9″ | 2.4″ | 247 hrs |
| Dec | 44°F | 25°F | 1.1″ | 6.9″ | 223 hrs |
Near Sandia Heights
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Sources: NOAA climate normals, NASA POWER, EPA air quality, U.S. Census Bureau, FEMA, FBI, EPA walkability and EDFacts. Methodology