Unless you’re planning on taking a lot of day trips out of the city, you don’t need your own car to enjoy a vacation in Seattle.There is also a good bus system, a streetcar that connects downtown to South Lake Union, and a light-rail system that connects Seattle to the airport and makes some stops […]

Despite its reputation for rainy, dark winters, Seattle is a great destination for a winter vacation, and locals know how to make the most of a rainy day! Is it sunny in Seattle in the winter? In the table below, the average number of Sunny Days for a city in Washington is the total days […]

The US average is 205 sunny days. Seattle gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 155 days per year.Climate Averages. Seattle, Washington United States Rainfall 38.0 in. 38.1 in. Snowfall 4.6 in. 27.8 in. Precipitation 155.3 days 106.2 days Sunny 152 days 205 days What are winters like in Seattle? The winters are cold; January […]

Analysis of census data shows that Seattle — for the first time in its history — ranks among the top 10 most densely populated big cities in the U.S. With 7,962 people per square mile in 2014, Seattle leapfrogged Baltimore into the No. 10 spot among the 50 most populous cities in the country. Is […]

Seattle, Washington gets 38 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year. Seattle averages 5 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year. What months does it snow in Seattle? When blizzards hit the city, however, snow could rise […]

Seattle’s minimum wage ordinance started to take effect on the 1st of April 2015. Under the policy, small businesses (500 employees or less) would have a wage of $15 per hour by 2021. A temporary “compensation responsibility” of $15 per hour would have been established for small businesses by 2019. What is Seattle’s minimum wage […]

At a Glance Seattle experiences an average of 152 rainy days a year, which is more than most cities across the U.S. A rainy day is defined as a calendar day in which at least 0.01 inches of rain, or melted snow and ice, falls. The amount of rain that falls, however, is typically not […]

Seattle is an international city with arts, food, science, and the outdoors to explore. With 3 to 4 days in the city, it’s easy to experience the best of Seattle: you focus first on the city’s core, and then venture out onto the water or to one of the city’s parks. How long should you […]

Seattle is 33.3% less expensive than Manhattan. Seattle housing costs are 40.6% less expensive than Manhattan housing costs. Health related expenses are 22.0% less in Seattle. Is it more expensive to live in Seattle or New York? The cost of living in New York, NY is 33.0% higher than in Seattle, WA.Employers in New York, […]

Seattle is famous for Starbucks and overall coffee culture, grunge music scene, the Seahawks, the Space Needle, Pike Place Market, headquarters of a lot of the tech industry (including both Amazon and Microsoft), hiking, kayaking, and general outdoors lifestyle (think REI). What is unique to Seattle? Seattle is known to many as the Emerald City […]

Seattle enjoys a lively blend of cultural activities that draws on the city’s ethnic diversity, its tradition of municipal support for the arts, and its status as a regional and national educational and economic centre. Is Seattle culturally diverse? Kent tops Washington state in cultural diversity, edging out Renton. A new study out by WalletHub.com […]

Measuring the Growth of Homelessness Year Total % Unsheltered 2016 10,730 42% 2017 11,643 47% 2018 12,112 52% 2019 11,199 47% Where does Seattle rank in homelessness? Across the nation, Seattle ranks as having the third-largest homeless population (Seattle Times Staff, 2021). In 2020, Seattle had approximately 11,751 homeless individuals. or a 30.2 percent increase […]

Seattle’s housing crisis has gone from bad to worse. Over the next 20 years, we will simply not have enough housing for the number of people who need and want to live and/or work in Seattle. Right now, 40% of Seattle’s residents are low-income – and our city is becoming too expensive for nearly half […]

The rainy season extends from October to March with December normally the wettest month, however, precipitation is rather evenly distributed through the winter and early spring months with more than 75% of the yearly precipitation falling during the winter wet season. How long is rainy season in Seattle? The notoriously rainy, dreary winters in Seattle […]

The Seattle metro area has a strong base of established industry sectors, such as aerospace, information technology, and retail. It’s also a center for creative and emerging industry segments, such as interactive media, music, and clean technology. Whats Seattle best known for? Seattle is famous for Starbucks and overall coffee culture, grunge music scene, the […]