CITY PROFILE
Vallejo, CA
WHAT LIVING HERE IS LIKE
Vallejo, CA is a smaller metro with among the most expensive home prices in our dataset, so budget carefully if affordability is a priority. The mild climate brings abundant sunshine and moderate rainfall, making for generally pleasant weather year-round. It's a compact area where cost of living will be the primary constraint for most relocating households.
By the numbers
| Typical home value | $577K · Zillow, May 2026 (ZHVI) |
|---|---|
| Typical rent | $2,400/mo · Zillow, May 2026 (ZORI) |
| Average temperature | 13.6°C · warmest 17.6°C · coolest 9.3°C · NASA POWER |
| Annual precipitation | 586 mm · NASA POWER |
| Sunshine (solar energy) | 5.14 kWh/m²/day · NASA POWER (annual mean) |
| Metro size rank (US) | #123 · Zillow SizeRank |
Match scores
- Affordable to buy69
- Affordable to rent44
- Climate comfort70
- Plenty of sunshine76
- Big-city amenities70
Scores are 0–100, normalised across the metros we cover, derived from the sourced figures above (higher = better on that factor). A research aid, not a recommendation to move. Job market, safety, and healthcare access need key-gated feeds (BLS, FBI, Census) not yet wired — see the methodology.
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