Warm-summer Mediterranean
Sebastopol, California
Sonoma County, California · Population 7.5k · 85 ft elevation
Living in Sebastopol
Sebastopol has a warm-summer mediterranean climate: hot summers (July highs around 83°F) and mild winters (January lows around 38°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 40″ a year, and it essentially never sees snow.
Skies are sunny (69% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is excellent: a median AQI of 9 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
Sebastopol at a glance
- Population
- 7.5k
- Elevation
- 85 ft
- Average daily high
- 73°F70th percentile
- Average daily low
- 44°F41th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 40″38th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 0″0th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 3,080 hrs75th percentile
- Median AQI
- 90th percentile
- Median home value
- $821k94th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,767/mo79th percentile
- Median household income
- $100k73th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.70%26th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 13.3%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 8.8%
- Unemployment rate
- 4.8%
- Homes with broadband
- 91%49th percentile
- Walkability index
- 13.890th percentile
- Average commute
- 25 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 45%49th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 55%
- Violent crime rate
- 381 per 100k80th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 1,264 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9986th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 7373th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 1%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 9%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 2,034 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 58°F | 38°F | 7.9″ | — | 185 hrs |
| Feb | 63°F | 39°F | 7.5″ | — | 191 hrs |
| Mar | 66°F | 41°F | 5.2″ | — | 247 hrs |
| Apr | 71°F | 43°F | 2.6″ | — | 289 hrs |
| May | 76°F | 46°F | 1.4″ | — | 331 hrs |
| Jun | 82°F | 49°F | 0.4″ | — | 354 hrs |
| Jul | 83°F | 51°F | 0.0″ | — | 313 hrs |
| Aug | 84°F | 51°F | 0.1″ | — | 281 hrs |
| Sep | 84°F | 48°F | 0.2″ | — | 268 hrs |
| Oct | 79°F | 45°F | 2.0″ | — | 249 hrs |
| Nov | 67°F | 40°F | 4.4″ | — | 206 hrs |
| Dec | 58°F | 37°F | 8.3″ | — | 167 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