Climate and average weather in Bay Point

In Bay Point, the summers are warm, dry, and clear and the winters are cool and partly cloudy.

Best: mid April to mid November

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Bay Point typically varies from 42°F to 82°F, and is rarely below 35°F or above 93°F. August is the hottest month of the year, while January is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best time of year to visit Bay Point for warm-weather activities is from mid April to mid November.

Hottest
Aug
82°
Coldest
Jan
42°
Wettest
Feb
3.7 in
Driest
Jul
0.0 in
Rain / yr
18.3 in
52 wet days
Daylight
9.4–14.6 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
89 ft
38.0°N
Clearest
Jul
10% cloud

Bay Point is census designated place in California.

Density
1,123/km²
people per km²

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Bay Point weather by month, at a glance

The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.

Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around mid April to mid November.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Bay Point, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.

The hot season lasts 4.6 months, from May 28 to October 14, with daily high temperatures above 76°F. The hottest month of the year in Bay Point is August, with an average high of 82°F and low of 57°F.

The cool season lasts 2.9 months, from November 26 to February 20, with daily high temperatures below 61°F. The coldest month of the year in Bay Point is January, with an average low of 42°F and high of 57°F.

Days typically run about 20°F warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 25°F) in September.

40°60°80°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°F)Avg low (°F)
Jan5742
Feb6144
Mar6547
Apr6949
May7452
Jun8055
Jul8257
Aug8257
Sep8156
Oct7553
Nov6547
Dec5743

Average hourly temperature in Bay Point

A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on August afternoons, near 82°F, and coldest before dawn in January, near 42°F.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM

Bay Point weather by month

Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.

MonthHigh / Low (°F)Rainfall (inches)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan57° / 42°3.78.99.74.2
Feb61° / 44°3.78.710.55.1
Mar65° / 47°2.88.311.76.3
Apr69° / 49°1.34.7137.4
May74° / 52°0.72.9148.5
Jun80° / 55°0.10.814.68.8
Jul82° / 57°0.00.214.48.8
Aug82° / 57°0.10.213.58.7
Sep81° / 56°0.10.412.38.7
Oct75° / 53°0.82.8118.6
Nov65° / 47°1.75.49.96.5
Dec57° / 43°3.38.69.44.3

Chance of rain

How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.

Bay Point gets about 18.3 in of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is mostly dry, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 5.6 months, from around Nov 1 to Apr 20, peaking in February at about 34% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Aug 5.

February is the wettest month by volume, with 3.7 in over about 9 wet days; July is the driest, with 0.0 in.

0%10%20%30%40%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwetterdrierwettermostly drysome rainoften wetFeb 19 · 34%Aug 5 · 0%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan289
Feb319
Mar268
Apr165
May93
Jun31
Jul10
Aug10
Sep20
Oct93
Nov195
Dec279

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Bay Point collects about 18.3 in of rain across 52 wet days — roughly 1.5 in in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. February is the wettest month with 3.7 in, while July is the driest at just 0.0 in. The three wettest months alone bring about 59% of the year’s total.

00.511.522.533.544.5JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec3.73.72.81.30.70.10.00.10.10.81.73.3
Rainfall (in)Rain days
Jan3.79
Feb3.79
Mar2.88
Apr1.35
May0.73
Jun0.11
Jul0.00
Aug0.10
Sep0.10
Oct0.83
Nov1.75
Dec3.39

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.

In Bay Point, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year begins around May 5 and lasts for 6.0 months, ending around November 2. The clearest month is July, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 95% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around November 3 and lasts for 6.0 months, ending around May 4. The cloudiest month is January, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 56% of the time.

0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSep 2 · 96%Jan 7 · 41%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan4456
Feb4753
Mar5050
Apr6139
May7426
Jun8713
Jul955
Aug955
Sep937
Oct7921
Nov5941
Dec4654

Daylight, sunrise and sunset

DaylightNight

Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.

The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. The longest day, around June 9, brings about 14 h 36 min of light; the shortest, around January 1, only 9 h 24 min — a swing of roughly 5 h 12 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan9.77:285:06
Feb10.57:065:38
Mar11.76:276:08
Apr13.05:396:38
May14.05:037:06
Jun14.64:497:27
Jul14.45:027:25
Aug13.55:276:56
Sep12.35:556:09
Oct11.06:235:23
Nov9.96:564:50
Dec9.47:234:45

Sunny days

How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.

Bay Point averages about 18 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 9 and 28 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 5.5 months, from around May 17 to Oct 29. The sunniest month is August, with roughly 27 sunny days (brilliant).

The greyest month is January, down near 10 sunny days — about 65% fewer than the August peak.

051015202530JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedbrightbrilliantAug 3028 daysJan 69 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan10Mixed
Feb9Mixed
Mar11Mixed
Apr14Mixed
May18Bright
Jun24Brilliant
Jul28Brilliant
Aug28Brilliant
Sep26Brilliant
Oct21Bright
Nov13Mixed
Dec10Mixed

Humidity comfort

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.

Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.

In Bay Point, the air stays dry or comfortable essentially all year. Even in September, the muggiest month, it feels humid or worse only about 2% of the time — humidity is not something you need to plan around here.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccomfortabledry
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
Jan9910
Feb9910
Mar9910
Apr9730
May9460
Jun83170
Jul59401
Aug51462
Sep67312
Oct85141
Nov9550
Dec9730

Wind

Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.

This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.

Across the year, average wind speed in Bay Point is typically calm, near 6 mph, and varies moderately with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 5.6 months, from around Apr 1 to Sep 17. The windiest month is July, averaging about 9 mph (light breeze).

The calmer part of the year runs from around Sep 18 to Mar 31, with November the calmest month at about 5 mph.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccalmerwindiercalmercalmlight breezebreezyJul 10 · 9 mphNov 11 · 5 mph
Wind speed (mph)Feels
Jan5calm
Feb5calm
Mar6calm
Apr7calm
May8light breeze
Jun8light breeze
Jul9light breeze
Aug8light breeze
Sep6calm
Oct5calm
Nov5calm
Dec5calm

Best time to visit Bay Point

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Bay Point throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.

Around late October, Bay Point is still near the tail of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds already thinning.

Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.

The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 64°F and 82°F. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Bay Point for general outdoor tourist activities is from mid April to mid November, with a peak score in the third week of June.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJun 18 · 8.8

The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

Travel score (0–10)Rating
Jan4.3fair
Feb5.1fair
Mar6.2good
Apr7.4good
May8.5ideal
Jun8.8ideal
Jul8.8ideal
Aug8.7ideal
Sep8.7ideal
Oct8.5ideal
Nov6.5good
Dec4.3fair

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 75°F and 93°F. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Bay Point for hot-weather activities is from late May to mid October, with a peak score in the last week of August.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationAug 30 · 9.3

The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

What to pack for Bay Point, by month

EssentialRecommendedOptional

Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.

For a warm-season trip around August (highs near 82°F), the essentials are light clothes and sun protection. In the cold season around January (highs near 57°F), pack a warm layer and rain gear.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In August, Bay Point sees daytime highs around 82°F and nights near 57°F. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

Sea temperature near Bay Point

Average ocean temperature at the nearest coast, month by month, banded into swim-comfort zones — the other half of the beach question.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 38 mi away) is warmest in September at about 58°F and coldest in April near 53°F.

The water stays below 68°F all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

52°54°56°58°60°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcool
Sea temperature (°F)Comfort
Jan53Bracing
Feb53Bracing
Mar54Bracing
Apr53Bracing
May53Bracing
Jun54Bracing
Jul56Bracing
Aug58Bracing
Sep58Bracing
Oct57Bracing
Nov55Bracing
Dec54Bracing

UV index (midday) in Bay Point by month

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Bay Point peaks around June 23 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 15 at about 2 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 9 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highHighModerateJun 23UV 10Dec 15UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Moderate
Feb4Moderate
Mar4Moderate
Apr6High
May8Very high
Jun10Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug10Very high
Sep6High
Oct5High
Nov2Moderate
Dec2Low

Average hourly UV index in Bay Point

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.

The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in June the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 8.5 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 6 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM
UV ≥ 3 (h/day)UV ≥ 6 (h/day)
Jan00
Feb2.50
Mar4.50
Apr6.52
May84.5
Jun8.56
Jul8.56
Aug85
Sep61.5
Oct4.50
Nov00
Dec00

Air quality in Bay Point by month

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see which months the air is worst, not just the yearly average.

Air quality in Bay Point is worst in September — around 29 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 4.2× the cleanest month (June, 7 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodModerateSep 1829 µg/m³Jun 127 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan13Moderate
Feb13Moderate
Mar13Moderate
Apr10Good
May8Good
Jun7Good
Jul10Good
Aug25Moderate
Sep29Moderate
Oct27Moderate
Nov16Moderate
Dec12Good
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayFrost-free year round

Bay Point is frost-free year round — even the coldest nights rarely reach freezing, so there is no start or end to the growing season.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecfrost-free year round
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan980
Feb990
Mar1000
Apr1000
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct1000
Nov1000
Dec970

Growing degree days

Degree days (base 50°F)Frost-free shaded

Growing degree days tally heat above 50°F: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. Bay Point banks about 3,850 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around August.

01,0002,0003,0004,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°F·days)
Jan8
Feb75
Mar176
Apr268
May415
Jun525
Jul598
Aug610
Sep559
Oct431
Nov172
Dec14

Solar energy

Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.

Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.

Bay Point receives about 5.2 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 2.1 and 8.2 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.1 months, from around Mar 28 to Sep 29. The brightest month is June, averaging about 8.0 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is December, down near 2.1 kWh/m² — roughly 73% less than the June peak.

0123456789JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseJun 278.2 kWhDec 152.1 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan2.3Moderate
Feb3.2Moderate
Mar4.6Bright
Apr6.2Intense
May7.3Intense
Jun8.1Intense
Jul8.0Intense
Aug7.3Intense
Sep6.0Bright
Oct4.3Bright
Nov2.8Moderate
Dec2.1Moderate

Where is Bay Point?

Bay Point sits at 38.0°N, 122.0°W, 89 ft above sea level, in United States. The nearest listed city is Pittsburg, 4.3 mi away.

Topography around Bay Point

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 2, 10 and 50 miles of Bay Point.

Within 2 miles, the terrain around Bay Point has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 906 ft around an average of 184 ft above sea level; within 10 miles, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,494 ft; within 50 miles, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,308 ft.

The land around Bay Point is covered by grassland (37%) and artificial surfaces (30%) within 2 miles, grassland (32%) within 10 miles, and grassland (30%) and trees (23%) within 50 miles.

2 miles
906 ft
10 miles
3,494 ft
50 miles
4,308 ft
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
Nearby: Pittsburg 4.3 mi · Concord 5.0 mi · Pleasant Hill 8.1 mi · Antioch 8.7 mi · Martinez 9.3 mi · Walnut Creek 9.9 mi · Benicia 11 mi · Lafayette 13 mi

United States travel facts

Power plugs
Type A / B
120 V · 60 Hz
Prices
≈ 100% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$90,027
2025
Happiness
6.8 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
98%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
5.8
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
12.7
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
Religion
Protestant 47%unaffiliated 23%Roman Catholic 21%Jewish 2%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Bay Point (38.0291°, -121.9616°, elevation 89 ft), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).