CITY PROFILE
Salt Lake City, UT
“Great deals on housing, terrible air quality most winters.”
By the numbers
| Typical home value | $569K · Zillow, May 2026 (ZHVI) |
|---|---|
| Typical rent | $1,641/mo · Zillow, May 2026 (ZORI) |
| Average temperature | 8.5°C · warmest 23.7°C · coolest -4.5°C · NASA POWER |
| Annual precipitation | 542 mm · NASA POWER |
| Sunshine (solar energy) | 4.8 kWh/m²/day · NASA POWER (annual mean) |
| Metro size rank (US) | #48 · Zillow SizeRank |
Match scores
- Affordable to buy72
- Affordable to rent76
- Climate comfort38
- Plenty of sunshine67
- Big-city amenities69
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.