Cold semi-arid
Santa Monica, California
Los Angeles County, California · Population 92k · 125 ft elevation
Living in Santa Monica
Santa Monica has a cold semi-arid climate: cool summers (July highs around 69°F) and very mild winters (January lows around 49°F).
Precipitation is dry at about 12″ a year, and it essentially never sees snow.
Skies are exceptionally sunny (84% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (8 days a year).
Air quality is poor: a median AQI of 74, with about 98 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Santa Monica: about 14% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 3,200 ft around town.
Santa Monica at a glance
- Population
- 92k
- Elevation
- 125 ft
- Average daily high
- 65°F45th percentile
- Average daily low
- 55°F83th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 12″5th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 0″0th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 3,762 hrs96th percentile
- Median AQI
- 7498th percentile
- Median home value
- $1.8M99th percentile
- Median rent
- $2,338/mo93th percentile
- Median household income
- $110k80th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.55%12th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 13.3%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 8.8%
- Unemployment rate
- 6.1%
- Homes with broadband
- 92%55th percentile
- Walkability index
- 16.5100th percentile
- Average commute
- 26 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 54%64th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 67%
- Violent crime rate
- 618 per 100k92th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 4,111 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 10093th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8382th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 3%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 14%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 3,248 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 62°F | 49°F | 3.1″ | — | 239 hrs |
| Feb | 62°F | 49°F | 3.1″ | — | 227 hrs |
| Mar | 61°F | 51°F | 1.7″ | — | 290 hrs |
| Apr | 63°F | 53°F | 0.6″ | — | 317 hrs |
| May | 63°F | 55°F | 0.2″ | — | 364 hrs |
| Jun | 66°F | 59°F | 0.1″ | — | 386 hrs |
| Jul | 69°F | 61°F | 0.0″ | — | 408 hrs |
| Aug | 69°F | 62°F | 0.0″ | — | 395 hrs |
| Sep | 70°F | 61°F | 0.0″ | — | 342 hrs |
| Oct | 67°F | 58°F | 0.5″ | — | 304 hrs |
| Nov | 67°F | 53°F | 0.8″ | — | 258 hrs |
| Dec | 63°F | 49°F | 2.0″ | — | 233 hrs |
Near Santa Monica
- Marina del Rey, CA · 8.8k
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- Beverly Hills, CA · 32k
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- El Segundo, CA · 17k
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- View Park-Windsor Hills, CA · 12k
Largest places in California
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Sources: NOAA climate normals, NASA POWER, EPA air quality, U.S. Census Bureau, FEMA, FBI, EPA walkability and EDFacts. Methodology