Warm-summer Mediterranean
Saratoga, California
Santa Clara County, California · Population 30k · 420 ft elevation
Living in Saratoga
Saratoga has a warm-summer mediterranean climate: hot summers (July highs around 85°F) and mild winters (January lows around 39°F).
Precipitation is moderate at about 22″ a year, and it essentially never sees snow.
Skies are exceptionally sunny (81% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is moderate: a median AQI of 47, with about 1 unhealthy-air day in the latest year.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Saratoga: about 7% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 2,700 ft around town.
Saratoga at a glance
- Population
- 30k
- Elevation
- 420 ft
- Average daily high
- 72°F67th percentile
- Average daily low
- 47°F57th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 22″15th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 0″0th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 3,663 hrs94th percentile
- Median AQI
- 4776th percentile
- Median home value
- $2M99th percentile
- Median rent
- $3,501/mo99th percentile
- Median household income
- $241k99th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.50%9th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 13.3%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 8.8%
- Unemployment rate
- 3.9%
- Homes with broadband
- 96%82th percentile
- Walkability index
- 11.877th percentile
- Average commute
- 27 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 87%97th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 87%
- Violent crime rate
- 66 per 100k20th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 484 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 10093th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8382th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 9%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 7%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 2,723 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 58°F | 39°F | 5.0″ | — | 193 hrs |
| Feb | 62°F | 41°F | 4.9″ | — | 207 hrs |
| Mar | 66°F | 43°F | 3.4″ | — | 268 hrs |
| Apr | 70°F | 45°F | 1.4″ | — | 308 hrs |
| May | 75°F | 49°F | 0.5″ | — | 377 hrs |
| Jun | 82°F | 52°F | 0.1″ | — | 411 hrs |
| Jul | 85°F | 56°F | 0.0″ | — | 431 hrs |
| Aug | 84°F | 56°F | 0.0″ | — | 402 hrs |
| Sep | 83°F | 54°F | 0.1″ | — | 346 hrs |
| Oct | 75°F | 49°F | 0.8″ | — | 302 hrs |
| Nov | 64°F | 43°F | 2.0″ | — | 230 hrs |
| Dec | 58°F | 39°F | 4.0″ | — | 189 hrs |
Near Saratoga
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- Santa Clara, CA · 129k
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Sources: NOAA climate normals, NASA POWER, EPA air quality, U.S. Census Bureau, FEMA, FBI, EPA walkability and EDFacts. Methodology