Warm-summer Mediterranean
Sausalito, California
Marin County, California · Population 7.2k · 7 ft elevation
Living in Sausalito
Sausalito has a warm-summer mediterranean climate: pleasantly warm summers (July highs around 71°F) and mild winters (January lows around 44°F).
Precipitation is moderate at about 24″ 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 28 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Sausalito: about 17% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 1,100 ft around town.
Sausalito at a glance
- Population
- 7.2k
- Elevation
- 7 ft
- Average daily high
- 67°F54th percentile
- Average daily low
- 51°F73th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 24″16th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 0″0th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 3,525 hrs91th percentile
- Median AQI
- 284th percentile
- Median home value
- $1.9M99th percentile
- Median rent
- $3,408/mo99th percentile
- Median household income
- $173k96th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.54%12th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 13.3%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 8.8%
- Unemployment rate
- 7.7%
- Homes with broadband
- 94%69th percentile
- Walkability index
- 15.799th percentile
- Average commute
- 30 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 25%16th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 25%
- Violent crime rate
- 57 per 100k17th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 1,735 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9668th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8786th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 24%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 17%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,148 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 58°F | 44°F | 4.8″ | — | 190 hrs |
| Feb | 61°F | 46°F | 4.8″ | — | 200 hrs |
| Mar | 64°F | 47°F | 3.2″ | — | 254 hrs |
| Apr | 67°F | 49°F | 1.6″ | — | 301 hrs |
| May | 69°F | 52°F | 0.7″ | — | 364 hrs |
| Jun | 72°F | 54°F | 0.3″ | — | 398 hrs |
| Jul | 71°F | 55°F | 0.0″ | — | 415 hrs |
| Aug | 72°F | 56°F | 0.1″ | — | 383 hrs |
| Sep | 75°F | 56°F | 0.0″ | — | 335 hrs |
| Oct | 73°F | 54°F | 1.4″ | — | 286 hrs |
| Nov | 65°F | 49°F | 2.7″ | — | 222 hrs |
| Dec | 58°F | 44°F | 4.9″ | — | 178 hrs |
Near Sausalito
- Marin City, CA · 3.6k
- Strawberry, CA · 5.5k
- Tiburon, CA · 9k
- Tamalpais-Homestead Valley, CA · 12k
- Mill Valley, CA · 14k
- Corte Madera, CA · 10k
- Larkspur, CA · 13k
- Kentfield, CA · 7.1k
Largest places in California
- Los Angeles, CA · 3.9M
- San Diego, CA · 1.4M
- San Jose, CA · 990k
- San Francisco, CA · 836k
- Fresno, CA · 544k
- Sacramento, CA · 525k
- Long Beach, CA · 458k
- Oakland, CA · 438k
Sources: NOAA climate normals, NASA POWER, EPA air quality, U.S. Census Bureau, FEMA, FBI, EPA walkability and EDFacts. Methodology