Hot-summer Mediterranean
Vacaville, California
Solano County, California · Population 102k · 180 ft elevation
Living in Vacaville
Vacaville has a hot-summer mediterranean climate: very hot summers (July highs around 95°F) and mild winters (January lows around 38°F).
Precipitation is moderate at about 25″ a year, and it essentially never sees snow.
Skies are exceptionally sunny (80% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 33 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
Vacaville at a glance
- Population
- 102k
- Elevation
- 180 ft
- Average daily high
- 76°F78th percentile
- Average daily low
- 48°F62th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 25″17th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 0″0th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 3,634 hrs94th percentile
- Median AQI
- 338th percentile
- Median home value
- $597k87th percentile
- Median rent
- $2,227/mo91th percentile
- Median household income
- $109k79th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.73%30th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 13.3%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 8.8%
- Unemployment rate
- 6.0%
- Homes with broadband
- 95%76th percentile
- Walkability index
- 13.588th percentile
- Average commute
- 28 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 35%32th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 43%
- Violent crime rate
- 264 per 100k66th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 1,512 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9773th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 6968th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 0%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 8%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,542 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 57°F | 38°F | 5.3″ | — | 175 hrs |
| Feb | 62°F | 40°F | 5.1″ | — | 203 hrs |
| Mar | 68°F | 43°F | 3.7″ | — | 265 hrs |
| Apr | 73°F | 46°F | 1.3″ | — | 310 hrs |
| May | 81°F | 51°F | 0.8″ | — | 382 hrs |
| Jun | 89°F | 56°F | 0.2″ | — | 414 hrs |
| Jul | 95°F | 59°F | 0.0″ | — | 436 hrs |
| Aug | 94°F | 58°F | 0.0″ | — | 408 hrs |
| Sep | 90°F | 55°F | 0.1″ | — | 348 hrs |
| Oct | 80°F | 49°F | 1.1″ | — | 299 hrs |
| Nov | 66°F | 41°F | 2.3″ | — | 221 hrs |
| Dec | 58°F | 37°F | 5.1″ | — | 173 hrs |
Near Vacaville
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- Winters, CA · 7.5k
- University of California-Davis, CA · 8.2k
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- Rio Vista, CA · 10k
Largest places in California
- Los Angeles, CA · 3.9M
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- Oakland, CA · 438k
Sources: NOAA climate normals, NASA POWER, EPA air quality, U.S. Census Bureau, FEMA, FBI, EPA walkability and EDFacts. Methodology