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Whitewater, WI

WHAT LIVING HERE IS LIKE

Whitewater, Wisconsin is a smaller metro where housing costs rank among the most expensive in our dataset, so budget accordingly if affordability is a priority. Expect a temperate four-season climate with moderate sunshine and moderate rainfall throughout the year. It's a trade-off: you'll face real winter cold and seasonal variation, but neither extreme sun nor extreme wet dominates the weather pattern.

By the numbers

Typical home value$412K · Zillow, May 2026 (ZHVI)
Typical rent$1,429/mo · Zillow, May 2026 (ZORI)
Average temperature8.3°C · warmest 22.7°C · coolest -7.4°C · NASA POWER
Annual precipitation954 mm · NASA POWER
Sunshine (solar energy)3.87 kWh/m²/day · NASA POWER (annual mean)
Metro size rank (US)#375 · Zillow SizeRank

Match scores

  • Affordable to buy80
  • Affordable to rent79
  • Climate comfort32
  • Plenty of sunshine39
  • Big-city amenities9

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.