CITY PROFILE
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 temperature | 8.3°C · warmest 22.7°C · coolest -7.4°C · NASA POWER |
| Annual precipitation | 954 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.





