Warm-summer Mediterranean
Sonoma, California
Sonoma County, California · Population 11k · 89 ft elevation
Living in Sonoma
Sonoma has a warm-summer mediterranean climate: hot summers (July highs around 86°F) and mild winters (January lows around 38°F).
Precipitation is moderate at about 28″ 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 Sonoma: about 13% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 1,800 ft around town.
Sonoma at a glance
- Population
- 11k
- Elevation
- 89 ft
- Average daily high
- 72°F67th percentile
- Average daily low
- 46°F52th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 28″18th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 0″0th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 3,527 hrs91th percentile
- Median AQI
- 90th percentile
- Median home value
- $954k96th percentile
- Median rent
- $2,216/mo91th percentile
- Median household income
- $101k75th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.74%30th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 13.3%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 8.8%
- Unemployment rate
- 7.0%
- Homes with broadband
- 96%82th percentile
- Walkability index
- 14.494th percentile
- Average commute
- 27 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 27%19th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 48%
- Violent crime rate
- 123 per 100k37th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 898 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9986th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8079th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 3%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 13%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,772 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 57°F | 38°F | 5.5″ | — | 190 hrs |
| Feb | 62°F | 40°F | 5.4″ | — | 199 hrs |
| Mar | 65°F | 42°F | 3.8″ | — | 254 hrs |
| Apr | 69°F | 44°F | 1.8″ | — | 302 hrs |
| May | 75°F | 48°F | 1.0″ | — | 365 hrs |
| Jun | 83°F | 51°F | 0.3″ | — | 399 hrs |
| Jul | 86°F | 54°F | 0.0″ | — | 416 hrs |
| Aug | 86°F | 53°F | 0.1″ | — | 383 hrs |
| Sep | 85°F | 51°F | 0.1″ | — | 335 hrs |
| Oct | 78°F | 47°F | 1.5″ | — | 286 hrs |
| Nov | 65°F | 42°F | 3.0″ | — | 221 hrs |
| Dec | 57°F | 38°F | 5.8″ | — | 177 hrs |
Near Sonoma
- El Verano, CA · 3.2k
- Boyes Hot Springs, CA · 7k
- Fetters Hot Springs-Agua Caliente, CA · 3.4k
- Napa, CA · 79k
- Yountville, CA · 3.4k
- Petaluma, CA · 59k
- American Canyon, CA · 22k
- Rohnert Park, CA · 44k
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