Warm-summer Mediterranean
Tualatin, Oregon
Washington County, Oregon · Population 28k · 135 ft elevation
Living in Tualatin
Tualatin has a warm-summer mediterranean climate: hot summers (July highs around 82°F) and mild winters (January lows around 36°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 42″ a year, and it sees only a dusting of snow (5″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (52% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 36 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Tualatin: about 10% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 1,500 ft around town.
Tualatin at a glance
- Population
- 28k
- Elevation
- 135 ft
- Average daily high
- 63°F35th percentile
- Average daily low
- 45°F47th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 42″44th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 5″40th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,391 hrs9th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3616th percentile
- Median home value
- $596k87th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,729/mo77th percentile
- Median household income
- $105k77th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.94%48th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 9.9%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 0.0%
- Unemployment rate
- 4.6%
- Homes with broadband
- 95%76th percentile
- Walkability index
- 12.682th percentile
- Average commute
- 22 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 46%51th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 60%
- Violent crime rate
- 207 per 100k57th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 2,849 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9668th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8382th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 10%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 10%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,542 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 47°F | 36°F | 6.1″ | 1.4″ | 96 hrs |
| Feb | 52°F | 37°F | 4.2″ | 0.8″ | 124 hrs |
| Mar | 56°F | 39°F | 4.9″ | 0.3″ | 150 hrs |
| Apr | 60°F | 42°F | 3.3″ | — | 192 hrs |
| May | 68°F | 47°F | 2.4″ | — | 251 hrs |
| Jun | 74°F | 52°F | 1.6″ | — | 269 hrs |
| Jul | 82°F | 56°F | 0.5″ | — | 358 hrs |
| Aug | 82°F | 55°F | 0.5″ | — | 326 hrs |
| Sep | 76°F | 51°F | 1.7″ | — | 256 hrs |
| Oct | 64°F | 45°F | 4.3″ | — | 178 hrs |
| Nov | 52°F | 39°F | 6.3″ | 0.4″ | 106 hrs |
| Dec | 47°F | 36°F | 6.6″ | 1.9″ | 85 hrs |
Near Tualatin
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Sources: NOAA climate normals, NASA POWER, EPA air quality, U.S. Census Bureau, FEMA, FBI, EPA walkability and EDFacts. Methodology