Manhattan Beach is located in Los Angeles County, 19 miles southwest of Los Angeles on the southerly end of Santa Monica Bay. The city is on the Pacific coast, south of El Sequndo, and north of Hermosa Beach.
There are 2.1 miles of beach front, 40 acres of recreational beach area in total. Manhattan Beach has a scenic 928-foot-long pier at the end of Manhattan Beach Boulevard. Fishing is permitted all year. There are 48 acres of major park land in Manhattan Beach, in addition to the 21 acre Manhattan Beach Parkway.
ManhA scenic 928-foot-long Manhattan Beach Pier is one of over 100 piers in California and is located at the end of Manhattan Beach Boulevard. It offers free pier fishing all year. Roundhouse Marine Studies Lab and Aquarium at the end of the pier is free to the public. It includes a huge Shark Tank, Touch Tank with tide pool animals common to Southern California, tanks with lobsters, baby sharks and brightly colored, non-native fish and invertebrates.
Enjoy a 9-hole public golf course, surfing and beach volleyball, and Sunday afternoon concerts in Polliwog Park during the summer months. The city is host to the Old Hometown Fair, Holiday Fireworks Festival, International Surf Festival, running and bike races, volleyball and tennis tournaments and many other events.
For those born to shop, this is the place. Manhattan Beach has it all: the unique, the unusual, the outrageous and the classic. A shopper's delight with an array of shops, boutiques and major department stores.
The newest television and film production facility in Southern California, Manhattan Beach Studios, is the first studio built from the ground up in California in 60 years. The 550,000 square foot project consists of fourteen art deco sound stages, office space, and related facilities. The first phase is complete and is being leased by 20th Century Fox, with the TV show "The Practice."
Housing Cost
Estimated median house or condo value in 2008: $1,746,336
Estimated median house or condo value in 2008: $1,746,336Mean prices in 2008: All housing units: $1,638,680; Detached houses: $1,632,591; Townhouses or other attached units: $1,622,308; In 2-unit structures: $1,928,944; In 3-to-4-unit structures: $1,743,537; In 5-or-more-unit structures: $1,173,457; Mobile homes: $345,978; Occupied boats, RVs, vans, etc.: $37,500
Demographics
Population in July 2008: 36,605. Manhattan Beach covers 3.93 square miles. It sits at an elevation of 100 feet above sea level. Zip codes: 90266, 90267 - Area code commonly used in this area: 310
Weather
Manhattan Beach, CA climate is warm during summer when temperatures tend to be in the 70's and cool during winter when temperatures tend to be in the 50's.
The warmest month of the year is August with an average maximum temperature of 76.80 degrees Fahrenheit, while the coldest month of the year is December with an average minimum temperature of 48.50 degrees Fahrenheit.
Temperature variations between night and day tend to be fairly limited during summer with a difference that can reach 12 degrees Fahrenheit, and fairly limited during winter with an average difference of 16 degrees Fahrenheit.
The annual average precipitation at Manhattan Beach is 13.15 Inches. Rainfall in is fairly evenly distributed throughout the year. The wettest month of the year is February with an average rainfall of 3.11 Inches.
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