CITY PROFILE
Dubuque, IA
WHAT LIVING HERE IS LIKE
Dubuque, Iowa is a smaller metro with moderately priced housing—not cheap, but not costly either. Expect a temperate four-season climate with moderate sunshine and moderate rainfall throughout the year. It's a straightforward Midwestern setting if you're drawn to smaller-scale city life without extreme weather swings.
By the numbers
| Typical home value | $279K · Zillow, May 2026 (ZHVI) |
|---|---|
| Typical rent | $1,123/mo · Zillow, May 2026 (ZORI) |
| Average temperature | 8.6°C · warmest 23°C · coolest -7.3°C · NASA POWER |
| Annual precipitation | 958 mm · NASA POWER |
| Sunshine (solar energy) | 3.93 kWh/m²/day · NASA POWER (annual mean) |
| Metro size rank (US) | #396 · Zillow SizeRank |
Match scores
- Affordable to buy89
- Affordable to rent90
- Climate comfort34
- Plenty of sunshine41
- Big-city amenities4
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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