Warm-summer Mediterranean

West Menlo Park, California

San Mateo County, California · Population 3.4k · 115 ft elevation

Living in West Menlo Park

West Menlo Park has a warm-summer mediterranean climate: hot summers (July highs around 81°F) and mild winters (January lows around 40°F).

Precipitation is dry at about 19″ a year, and it essentially never sees snow.

Skies are sunny (71% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (6 days a year).

Air quality is excellent: a median AQI of 27 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.

There is plenty to explore outdoors around West Menlo Park: about 9% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 2,300 ft around town.

West Menlo Park at a glance

Population
3.4k
Elevation
115 ft
Average daily high
70°F63th percentile
Average daily low
48°F62th percentile
Annual precipitation
19″13th percentile
Annual snowfall
0″0th percentile
Sunshine hours per year
3,144 hrs80th percentile
Median AQI
273th percentile
Median home value
$2M99th percentile
Median rent
$3,214/mo98th percentile
Median household income
$250k99th percentile
Property tax rate
0.50%9th percentile
Top state income-tax rate
13.3%
Sales tax (state + local)
8.8%
Unemployment rate
5.5%
Homes with broadband
96%82th percentile
Walkability index
13.286th percentile
Average commute
23 min
Math proficiency (8th grade)
72%86th percentile
Reading proficiency (8th grade)
82%
Violent crime rate
182 per 100k52th percentile
Property crime rate
1,548 per 100k
Overall natural-hazard risk
9986th percentile
Outdoor access
8685th percentile
Public land within 10 miles
22%
Public land within 30 miles
9%
Mountain relief within 30 miles
2,264 ft

Climate by month

Average monthly weather in West Menlo Park, California
MonthHighLowPrecipitationSnowSunshine
Jan59°F40°F3.8″—200 hrs
Feb62°F42°F3.6″—200 hrs
Mar65°F44°F3.0″—256 hrs
Apr68°F46°F1.1″—293 hrs
May73°F50°F0.5″—322 hrs
Jun79°F53°F0.2″—339 hrs
Jul81°F56°F0.0″—308 hrs
Aug81°F56°F0.0″—284 hrs
Sep79°F54°F0.1″—274 hrs
Oct74°F50°F0.9″—260 hrs
Nov64°F44°F1.9″—219 hrs
Dec58°F40°F3.9″—187 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