San Clemente, CA Real Estate

San Clemente Homes for Sale

The average home price in San Clemente is $600,000 while houses range from $525,000 to over $1,000,000. Housing types available include Single Family, Residential, Commercial, Waterfront, Town Homes & Condominiums. San Clemente boasts a wide variety of homes with prices to fit most budgets. Because San Clemente is a hill town, many homes have great views, either of surrounding mountains or the ocean.

The Community of San Clemente

San Clemente location: on the Pacific coast about 60 miles from Los Angeles, at the northwest corner of Camp Pendleton, on Highway 101 between Los Angeles and San Diego. It is about 60 miles to Los Angels, 50 miles to San Diego, 65 miles to Riverside, 30 miles to Irvine and 35 miles to Anaheim.

The area on which San Clemente sits today was not inhabited until approximately 1776 when the Mission at San Juan Capistrano was founded by Father Serra. Both Indians and Spanish settlers began to build and inhabit villages in the locale. Though the property of this area exchanged hands on a number of occasions, not much building was done until after 1925. At this time, Ole Hanson, a previous mayor of Seattle, Washington, bought the property in the area. He felt it was just the spot for those who yearned for the "country"life and slower pace. He named the area San Clemente. He used the name of the nearby San Clemente Island. This island was named by its discoverer, Vizcaino. The namesake was Saint Clement, who was the patron saint of November 23. This, of course, was the day Vizcaino had arrived on the island.

Climate & Weather
The climate for San Clemente is a mild Mediterranean with sunshine an average of 342 days each year.
San Clemente average temperature is 70 degrees F.
The average low temperature is 46 degrees F.
The average high temperature is 73 degrees F.