Dallas Facts

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City of Dallas

  • Normal average daily temperature: 66 F
  • Warmest month—July, daily mean temperature: 84.75 F
  • Coldest month—January, daily mean temperature: 46.6 F

Dallas Area Weather


Month
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
ANNUAL
Avg. Rainfall (inches)
1.31
1.97
2.34
3.88
4.63
2.91
2.23
2.23
2.23
3.00
2.20
1.92
31.56
Avg Temp (Fahrenheit)
35–56
38–59
46–68
55–75
63–83
71–91
74–95
74–95
67–88
57–79
46–67
37–58
55–76

Medical



  • There are more than 70 hospitals in the Dallas area, including Baylor University Medical Center, the third largest church-related hospital in the nation, and Parkland Memorial Hospital with its trauma center and burn unit.
  • The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas is one of the nation's leading medical and research institutions with one of the top 10 U.S. medical schools.
  • Methodist Medical Center maintains one of the largest transplant centers in the Southwest, with a nationally renowned kidney transplant program.

    Cost of Living

    • The Dallas area has one of the lowest costs of living among major urban areas included in the American Chamber of Commerce Research Association's (ACCRA) Inner-City Cost of Living Index.
    • The ACCRA Cost of Living Index measures the cost of consumer goods and services, excluding taxes and nonconsumer expenditures, for professional and managerial households in the top income quintile. Out of 19 metropolitan areas with more than 2 million occupants, Dallas ranks among the least expensive in the following areas:

    Grocery Items—4th
    Housing—5th
    Utilities—11th
    Transportation—7th
    Health Care—4th
    Misc. Goods and Services—6th

    Housing Information

    (See Descriptions of Areas)
    Apartments: Average Rental Rates

    Allen/McKinney (areas 30 & 31) $736
    Arlington (area 11) $611
    Carrollton/Farmers Branch (areas 22 & 23) $725
    Downtown/Park Cities (areas 1 & 2) $970
    Duncanville/DeSoto (areas 4 & 6) $640
    Irving (area 12) $634
    Garland/Rowlett/Rockwall (areas 32 & 34) $633
    Grand Prairie (area 10) $608
    Grapevine (area 20) $718
    Hurst/Euless/Bedford (area 13) $626
    Lewisville (area 26) $738
    Plano (area 28) $750
    Richardson (area 33) $861

    Average Monthly Electric

    Use 8 cents per square foot as an estimate for budgeting.
    Ex: 1 bedroom (700 square feet)—700 x .08 = $56.00 average monthly electric bill
    2 bedroom (1000 square feet)—1000 x .08 = $80.00 average monthly electric bill

    Houses: Average Sales Price

    Arlington (area 11) $143,908
    Carrollton/Farmers Branch (areas 22 & 23) $145,738
    Cedar Hill (area 5) $131,421
    Colleyville (area 19) $381,227
    Coppell (area 24) $225,367
    DeSoto (area 6) $132,295
    Duncanville (area 4) $108,255
    East Dallas (area 1) $94,345
    Fort Worth (area 16) $90,328
    Garland (area 34) $105,628
    Grand Prairie (area 10) $100,153
    Grapevine (area 20) $192,885
    Haltom City (area 15) $55,214
    Hurst/Euless/Bedford (area 13) $132,360
    Irving (area 12) $128,830
    Keller (area 18) $133,107
    Lancaster (area 7) $92,559
    Lewisville/Flower Mound (area 25 & 26) $173,678
    Mesquite (area 35) $93,609
    North Dallas (area 21) $304,025
    North Richland Hills (area 17) $136,773
    Oak Cliff (area 3) $54,086
    Park Cities (area 2) $587,543
    Plano (area 28) $226,075
    Richardson (area 22) $161,349
    Richland Hills (area 14) $53,030
    Rowlett (area 32) $136,720
    The Colony (area 27) $138,880

    Median Sales Price—$159,260
    Average Property Tax Rate (High End)—$25.40 per $1,000 of assessed value