Climate
| Climate | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| Daily highs °F | 55 | 57 | 60 | 62 | 64 | 68 | 68 | 68 | 69 | 68 | 62 | 55 |
| Nightly lows °F | 41 | 44 | 44 | 46 | 50 | 51 | 53 | 53 | 53 | 51 | 46 | 42 |
| Precipitation in | 5.1 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 2.9 | 4.1 | |
| Check Berkeley's 7 day forecast at NOAA |
Like the rest of the Bay Area, Berkeley has a mild climate, with wet, mild winters and dry summers. The high temperature is typically in the 60s degrees Fahrenheit between 15 and 20 degrees Celsius. The city's position directly across the bay from the Golden Gate ensures that Berkeley gets its share of fog, with mornings typically cool and foggy, followed by sunny afternoons, with the fog returning at night. The city's location also means you may experience brisk winds coming off the bay if in an exposed area; typically the marina or a hillside facing the bay.
Understand
Berkeley has a reputation for being perhaps the most progressive city in the United States. Rooted in the Free Speech Movement of the 1960s, visitors will find an eclectic mix of cultures and viewpoints. Berkeley's free-thinking environment has seen the birth of quality attractions, great food from many cultures, and of course the internationally renowned University of California, Berkeley. The Berkeley scene today combines remnants of street life culture, an increasingly Asian campus community, a shrinking low income "ghetto" and many yuppies. The affluent, aging Berkeley Hills look down--literally and figuratively--on the "city of Berkeley", the small but vital urban core. For a city of just over 100,000 people--barely a medium-sized city in the California context--Berkeley is extremely complex.