Big Sur
Central Coast
The Santa Lucias rise from the surf to 5,000 feet in three miles — 45 inches a year at the coast, and more on the ridges.
75°FJuly mean high
42°FJanuary mean low
44.5″Annual precipitation
11.5°FAnnual range
Source station: BIG SUR STN, CA US (USC00040790), 200 ft, 2.2 mi from Big Sur. NOAA/NCEI 1991–2020 monthly normals.
36.270°N, 121.808°W in Central Coast.
36.270°N, 121.808°W. In Central Coast.
The next three days
NATIONAL BLEND OF MODELSDRAWN ON REQUESTThe year, in one picture
NOAA/NCEI 1991–2020 NORMALSThe interactive monthly temperature and precipitation chart loads with JavaScript; the values are tabulated below.
Mean daily high
Mean daily low
Monthly precipitation
Month by month
JANUARY AND JULY ARE FREE| Month | Mean high | Mean low | Mean | Precip | Snow | Share of year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 60° | 42° | 51.5° | 9.48″ | — | 21% |
| Jul | 75° | 50° | 63.0° | 0.06″ | — | 0% |
| Year | 77° | 42° | 57.4° | 44.54″ | — | 100% |
Where it sits among the fifty-seven
RANKED AGAINST EVERY OTHER PLACE ON THE SITE3rd of 5744.5 inches a year.WETTEST46th of 57A mean high of 75°F.HOTTEST JULY38th of 57A mean low of 42°F.COLDEST JANUARY NIGHTS36th of 57190 feet.HIGHEST50th of 5711.5°F between July and January.WIDEST ANNUAL RANGE
Nearby, and nothing like it
The three places within 90 miles of Big Sur whose climate differs most — usually because something stands between them.