San Diego by the Numbers

SAN DIEGO VACATION RENTALS SAN DIEGO BY THE NUMBERS With a nickname "America's Finest City", San Diego lives up to its reputation with pretty coastlines, year-round pleasant weather, and an abundance of sunny days. Here are some fun statistics to help you get orientated on your next Southern California vacation. WEATHER 69.8 annual high temperature 2958 57.5 annual hours of sunshine 43 days per year of precipitation annual low temperature average amount of rainfall per year Visitors of San Diego, annually PEOPLE 1,720,200 1,705,500 1,033,000 Overnight visitors Day Trippers International Visitors Tijuana River Valley Regional Park San Diego National Wildlife Refuge NATURAL WONDERS Scripps Coastal Reserve Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve San Elijo Lagoon Ecological Reserve Batiquitos Lagoon Ecological Reserve Agua Hedionda Lagoon Ecological Reserve Buena Vista Lagoon Ecological Reserve Trestles Wetlands Natural Preserve 70 miles of coastline 15 coastal nature preserves TOURISM 30 Million 152,000 2.4 3.8 46 Visitors Expected this Year Employees 3rd Largest Industry: Tourism Average Group of Visitors Average Nights Stay 46 Vacation Rentals by SDVR 10% Northern Califorinia Where are they coming from? 16% Arizona 31% Califorinia San Diego Zoo Sea World LegoLand 3.2 million annual visitors 4.4 million annual visitors opened 1999 100 Acres 190 Acres 3rd LegoLand Park 50 amusements Home to more than 3,500 rare and endangered animals 700,000 exotic plants 27,000 animals 10 killer whales no less than 30 million LEGO bricks ÅÂÂÅ 9/28/1542 4 Missions Mission San Diego de Alcala, Mission San Luis Rey, Mission San Antonio de Pala The day that Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, a Portuguese navigator sailing for Spain, landed in San Diego Mission Santa Ysabel. Coronado Bridge 1969 The year that the San Diego-Coronado Bridge opened, connecting downtown San Diego with Coronado. The first person to drive across it was Ronald Reagan. Cabrillo National Monument Balboa Park Built 1868 - Nations Largest Urban Cultural Park 1,200 acres 15 Major Museums 16 Gardens Located at the southern tip of Point Loma Constructed in 1542 14 feet tall As one of the top 5 leisure destinations in the U.S., San Diego is a premiere vacation spot in Southern California. With many waterfront vacation rentals in Mission Bay, La Jolla, Mission Beach, Pacific Beach, and Ocean Beach, let the real estate experts at San Diego Vacation Rentals help you find the vacation home of your dreams.