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City in New Mexico, United States

Farmington

$267kMedian Home
351Sunny Days/yr
67°FAvg High Temp
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View on MapPopulation43kCenter elevation5,299 ft
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Long cold season, with mostly dry year-round. Winter is not just a brief interruption. Snow is a real part of winter. Humidity still leans higher in the cool season.

About Farmington

Farmington is a city in San Juan County, New Mexico, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 46,624 people. Farmington makes up one of the four metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) in New Mexico.Wikipedia

Long winterDry year-roundSnowy winterBaseball Town, U.S.A.
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Where It Is

Location Context
Farmington, New Mexico
Latitude36.73°
Longitude-108.22°
Population43k
Center elevation5,299 ft

State Context

New MexicoU.S. state

New Mexico is a landlocked state in the Southwestern region of the United States. It is one of the Mountain States of the southern Rocky Mountains, sharing the Four Corners region with Utah, Colorado, and Arizona. It also borders the state of Texas to the east and southeast, Oklahoma to the northeast, and shares an international border with the Mexican states of Chihuahua and Sonora to the south. New Mexico's largest city is Albuquerque, and its state capital is Santa Fe, the oldest state capital in the U.S.—founded in 1610 as the government seat of Nuevo México in New Spain—and the highest in elevation, at 7,000 feet (2,134 m).Wikipedia

Income tax: 1.70% - 5.90%Avg sales tax: 7.61%Property tax: 0.62%Official school data available

About the Region

Desert Southwest

The Desert Southwest — Arizona, Nevada, and New Mexico — shares a climate defined by heat, aridity, and extraordinary landscape. Phoenix has grown into one of the country's largest cities on the premise of air-conditioned suburban living, a bargain for decades that is being stress-tested by climate shifts pushing summer highs above 110°F and placing long-term water resources under pressure. Las Vegas offers Nevada's zero income tax and extraordinary entertainment infrastructure against the same water equation tied to a shrinking Colorado River.

Tucson, Albuquerque, and Santa Fe offer a different profile: human-scale cities with deep roots in Spanish colonial and Indigenous traditions, lower costs than their larger neighbors, and the landscape that draws artists, retirees, and outdoor enthusiasts. The region's sunlight is exceptional — Phoenix regularly exceeds 300 sunny days per year — and the cultural texture across New Mexico in particular is unlike anywhere else in the United States.

Outdoors

Nature Access

Nature & Park Feeds

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People

City Profile

Median Age36 yrs
College Educated21%bachelor's or higher
Work From Home4%of workforce
Poverty Rate21%
Practical

Cost of Living

Housing
$2k/mo
Median rent
$267k
Median home price
Rent burden30% of income
Household Income
$61k
Median annual
Daily life

Livability

Transit Score
20
School Rating
5/10
Internet
Fiber
2%
Cable
94%
address availability
The year

Climate

Sunshine
351
sunny days per year
96% of the year
Avg High Temp
67°F
annual average
Humidity Pattern
Mixed humidity
32% warm season / 66% cool season
Comfort Score
40/100
Challenging
Temp Swing
55°F
seasonal high-temp spread
Annual precipitation
9"
inches per year
Annual snowfall
18"
inches per year
Air Quality
46
Good AQI
How To Read Comfort

Comfort combines temperature band fit, humidity fit, seasonal swing, and penalties for long stretches of extreme heat or cold. Higher scores mean the yearly pattern stays closer to an easier day-to-day climate band.

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Daylight Span (Sunrise to Sunset)
Precipitation Distribution
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Humidity Through The Year
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big seasonal humidity swing
Summer 32% · Winter 66% · May-Jan 23-72%
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