San Jose, like most of the Bay Area, has a
subtropical Mediterranean climate. San Jose has an average of 301 days of
sunshine and an annual mean temperature of 60.5 °F (15.8 °C). It lies
inland, surrounded on three sides by mountains, and does not front the Pacific
Ocean like San Francisco. Because of this, the city is somewhat more sheltered
from rain, giving it a semiarid feel with a mean annual rainfall of
15.82 in (402 mm), compared to some other parts of the Bay Area,
which can receive about three times that amount
