Hot-summer Mediterranean
Vallejo, California
Solano County, California · Population 125k · 72 ft elevation
Living in Vallejo
Vallejo has a hot-summer mediterranean climate: hot summers (July highs around 86°F) and mild winters (January lows around 43°F).
Precipitation is dry at about 21″ a year, and it essentially never sees snow.
Skies are exceptionally sunny (78% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 33 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Vallejo: about 9% 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.
Vallejo at a glance
- Population
- 125k
- Elevation
- 72 ft
- Average daily high
- 74°F73th percentile
- Average daily low
- 51°F73th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 21″15th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 0″0th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 3,526 hrs91th percentile
- Median AQI
- 338th percentile
- Median home value
- $558k84th percentile
- Median rent
- $2,013/mo87th percentile
- Median household income
- $89k66th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.76%32th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 13.3%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 8.8%
- Unemployment rate
- 6.7%
- Homes with broadband
- 92%55th percentile
- Walkability index
- 14.091th percentile
- Average commute
- 36 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 16%6th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 29%
- Violent crime rate
- 778 per 100k96th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 3,080 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9773th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8282th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 10%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 9%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,509 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 58°F | 43°F | 4.5″ | — | 190 hrs |
| Feb | 64°F | 46°F | 3.6″ | — | 199 hrs |
| Mar | 69°F | 47°F | 3.2″ | — | 254 hrs |
| Apr | 74°F | 48°F | 1.4″ | — | 302 hrs |
| May | 79°F | 52°F | 0.8″ | — | 364 hrs |
| Jun | 84°F | 55°F | 0.2″ | — | 399 hrs |
| Jul | 86°F | 57°F | 0.0″ | — | 416 hrs |
| Aug | 87°F | 57°F | 0.0″ | — | 383 hrs |
| Sep | 87°F | 57°F | 0.1″ | — | 335 hrs |
| Oct | 80°F | 55°F | 1.0″ | — | 286 hrs |
| Nov | 66°F | 48°F | 2.2″ | — | 221 hrs |
| Dec | 59°F | 43°F | 4.5″ | — | 177 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