San Benito, California

San Benito (Spanish for "St. Benedict") is an unincorporated community in San Benito County, California, United States. San Benito is 18 miles (29 km) southeast of Paicines, both communities on the San Benito River. The community had a post office from 1869 to 1968.^[2] The population of San Benito-Bitterwater was 805 at the 2020 United States census.^[3]

San Benito, California
Unincorporated community
San Benito, California Show map of California San Benito, California Show map of the United States
Coordinates: 36°30′35″N 121°04′55″W
Country	United States
State	California
County	San Benito
Elevation	1,345 ft (410 m)
Time zone	UTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-7 (PDT)
Area code	831
GNIS feature ID	1659575[1]

Climate

This region experiences warm (but not hot) and dry summers, with no average monthly temperatures above 71.6 °F. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, San Benito has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate, abbreviated "Csb" on climate maps.^[4]