Hot-summer Mediterranean
Topanga, California
Los Angeles County, California · Population 8.8k · 837 ft elevation
Living in Topanga
Topanga has a hot-summer mediterranean climate: very hot summers (July highs around 95°F) and mild winters (January lows around 43°F).
Precipitation is dry at about 16″ a year, and it essentially never sees snow.
Skies are exceptionally sunny (84% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (9 days a year).
Air quality is poor: a median AQI of 74, with about 98 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Topanga: about 14% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 3,000 ft around town.
Topanga at a glance
- Population
- 8.8k
- Elevation
- 837 ft
- Average daily high
- 82°F93th percentile
- Average daily low
- 51°F73th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 16″10th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 0″0th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 3,763 hrs97th percentile
- Median AQI
- 7498th percentile
- Median home value
- $1.6M99th percentile
- Median rent
- $3,501/mo99th percentile
- Median household income
- $143k91th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.61%17th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 13.3%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 8.8%
- Unemployment rate
- 6.9%
- Homes with broadband
- 97%89th percentile
- Walkability index
- 7.329th percentile
- Average commute
- 30 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 55%64th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 66%
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 10093th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8988th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 10%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 14%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 2,953 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 70°F | 43°F | 3.7″ | — | 239 hrs |
| Feb | 70°F | 43°F | 4.6″ | — | 227 hrs |
| Mar | 74°F | 46°F | 2.7″ | — | 290 hrs |
| Apr | 78°F | 48°F | 0.8″ | — | 317 hrs |
| May | 82°F | 52°F | 0.4″ | — | 364 hrs |
| Jun | 88°F | 57°F | 0.1″ | — | 387 hrs |
| Jul | 95°F | 61°F | 0.0″ | — | 408 hrs |
| Aug | 97°F | 61°F | 0.0″ | — | 395 hrs |
| Sep | 94°F | 58°F | 0.1″ | — | 342 hrs |
| Oct | 85°F | 53°F | 0.6″ | — | 304 hrs |
| Nov | 76°F | 46°F | 0.8″ | — | 258 hrs |
| Dec | 69°F | 42°F | 2.7″ | — | 233 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