Warm-summer humid continental
Vail, Colorado
Eagle County, Colorado · Population 4.7k · 8,205 ft elevation
Living in Vail
Vail has a warm-summer humid continental climate: pleasantly warm summers (July highs around 77°F) and bitterly cold winters (January lows around 7°F).
Precipitation is moderate at about 22″ a year, and it is buried in snow every winter (189″ a season).
Skies are sunny (67% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is moderate: a median AQI of 44 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
Vail is an outdoor hub: about 76% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 4,800 ft around town.
Vail at a glance
- Population
- 4.7k
- Elevation
- 8,205 ft
- Average daily high
- 52°F1th percentile
- Average daily low
- 24°F0th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 22″15th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 189″100th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,960 hrs64th percentile
- Median AQI
- 4462th percentile
- Median home value
- $1M97th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,610/mo72th percentile
- Median household income
- $104k76th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.35%3th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 4.4%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 7.9%
- Unemployment rate
- 7.1%
- Homes with broadband
- 95%76th percentile
- Walkability index
- 10.167th percentile
- Average commute
- 19 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 37%34th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 52%
- Violent crime rate
- 320 per 100k74th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 3,470 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 7628th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 10099th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 90%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 76%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 4,823 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 29°F | 7°F | 2.0″ | 35.3″ | 212 hrs |
| Feb | 33°F | 10°F | 2.0″ | 35.7″ | 203 hrs |
| Mar | 42°F | 17°F | 1.8″ | 28.2″ | 268 hrs |
| Apr | 50°F | 24°F | 2.4″ | 21.2″ | 248 hrs |
| May | 61°F | 31°F | 2.0″ | 4.8″ | 257 hrs |
| Jun | 72°F | 36°F | 1.2″ | 0.6″ | 325 hrs |
| Jul | 77°F | 42°F | 1.8″ | — | 304 hrs |
| Aug | 74°F | 41°F | 1.8″ | — | 277 hrs |
| Sep | 67°F | 34°F | 2.0″ | 0.9″ | 264 hrs |
| Oct | 54°F | 26°F | 1.8″ | 8.6″ | 226 hrs |
| Nov | 38°F | 15°F | 2.0″ | 25.9″ | 193 hrs |
| Dec | 28°F | 7°F | 1.7″ | 28.0″ | 184 hrs |
Near Vail
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Sources: NOAA climate normals, NASA POWER, EPA air quality, U.S. Census Bureau, FEMA, FBI, EPA walkability and EDFacts. Methodology