Warm-summer Mediterranean
Santa Rosa, California
Sonoma County, California · Population 177k · 180 ft elevation
Living in Santa Rosa
Santa Rosa has a warm-summer mediterranean climate: hot summers (July highs around 82°F) and mild winters (January lows around 38°F).
Precipitation is moderate at about 32″ a year, and it essentially never sees snow.
Skies are exceptionally sunny (78% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is excellent: a median AQI of 9 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Santa Rosa: about 10% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 2,200 ft around town.
Santa Rosa at a glance
- Population
- 177k
- Elevation
- 180 ft
- Average daily high
- 72°F67th percentile
- Average daily low
- 46°F52th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 32″20th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 0″0th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 3,527 hrs91th percentile
- Median AQI
- 90th percentile
- Median home value
- $685k91th percentile
- Median rent
- $2,084/mo88th percentile
- Median household income
- $97k72th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.72%28th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 13.3%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 8.8%
- Unemployment rate
- 5.5%
- Homes with broadband
- 94%69th percentile
- Walkability index
- 10.972th percentile
- Average commute
- 23 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 30%24th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 50%
- Violent crime rate
- 292 per 100k70th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 1,440 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9986th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8181th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 4%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 10%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 2,165 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 60°F | 38°F | 5.8″ | — | 189 hrs |
| Feb | 64°F | 40°F | 6.4″ | — | 199 hrs |
| Mar | 67°F | 42°F | 4.3″ | — | 254 hrs |
| Apr | 71°F | 44°F | 2.0″ | — | 302 hrs |
| May | 75°F | 48°F | 1.3″ | — | 365 hrs |
| Jun | 80°F | 51°F | 0.3″ | — | 400 hrs |
| Jul | 82°F | 52°F | 0.0″ | — | 417 hrs |
| Aug | 83°F | 53°F | 0.0″ | — | 384 hrs |
| Sep | 84°F | 51°F | 0.1″ | — | 335 hrs |
| Oct | 79°F | 48°F | 1.6″ | — | 286 hrs |
| Nov | 67°F | 42°F | 3.3″ | — | 221 hrs |
| Dec | 59°F | 38°F | 6.5″ | — | 177 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