City in California, United States

San Clemente

$1.6MMedian Home
349Sunny Days/yr
69°FAvg High Temp
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View on MapPopulation64kElevation233 ft
Climate ReadSteady year-roundNo real winterWinter rain
Deterministic read from annual climate patterns

Very steady year-round, with most rain falls in winter. Month-to-month temperature changes stay relatively modest. Air quality can be a watchout.

San Clemente is a coastal city in southern Orange County, California, United States. It was named in 1925 after the Spanish colonial island. Located in the Orange Coast region of the South Coast of California, San Clemente's population was 64,293 in the 2020 census. Situated roughly midway between Los Angeles and San Diego, San Clemente is a popular tourist destination in Southern California, known for its beaches, Spanish Colonial Revival architecture, and hospitality industry. San Clemente's city slogan is "Spanish Village by the Sea."Wikipedia

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Where It Is

Location Context
San Clemente, California
Latitude33.43°
Longitude-117.61°
Population64k
Altitude233 ft

State Context

CaliforniaU.S. state

California is a state in the Western United States that lies on the Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and shares an international border with the Mexican state of Baja California to the south. With almost 40 million residents across an area of 163,696 square miles (423,970 km2), it is the largest state by population, third-largest state by area and the largest state economy in the U.S., with a GDP of approximately $4.3 trillion.Wikipedia

Income tax: 1.00% - 14.40%Avg sales tax: 8.85%Property tax: 0.69%Official school data available

About the Region

California

California contains multitudes in a way that makes any single characterization misleading. The Bay Area and Los Angeles operate as global city-states, with housing markets, income levels, and cultural gravity that put them in direct competition with London and Tokyo rather than with other American metros. Both have lost net domestic migrants to lower-cost states for most of the last decade — primarily to Texas, Arizona, and Nevada — though both also continue to be net draws for international migration and maintain labor markets of extraordinary depth and diversity.

But California's geography is vast. The Central Valley offers costs of living that rival the Midwest with driving distance to the Sierra Nevada; the North Coast is one of the most beautiful and least-crowded stretches of American coastline; and the smaller cities of the inland valleys represent genuinely different lifestyle profiles. For remote workers who can absorb the state income tax and housing cost, the combination of climate diversity, outdoor access, and cultural institution density remains difficult to replicate anywhere in the world.

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Current Conditions

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Cost of Living

Housing
$3k/mo
Median Rent
$1.6M
Median Home Price
Rent burden30% of income
Household Income
$135k
Median annual
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Livability

School Rating
7.3/10
Internet
Fiber
23%
Cable
98%
address availability
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Climate

Climate ReadSteady year-roundNo real winterWinter rain
Deterministic read from annual climate patterns

Very steady year-round, with most rain falls in winter. Month-to-month temperature changes stay relatively modest. Air quality can be a watchout.

Sunshine
349
sunny days per year
96% of the year
Avg High Temp
69°F
annual average
Humidity
75%
relative humidity
Comfort Score
95/100
Excellent
Temp Swing
16°F
seasonal high-temp spread
Rainfall
17"
inches per year
Snowfall
0"
inches per year
Air Quality
50
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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Demographics

Population64k
Altitude233 ftabove sea level
Median Age44 yrs
College Educated50%bachelor's or higher
Work From Home19%of workforce
Poverty Rate6%

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