🇺🇸 Alexandria vs 🇺🇸 San Francisco

Alexandria on the Potomac River just south of Washington DC is one of America's most historic cities. The Potomac provides humidity and flooding risk while the city's position in the DC metro means it shares the capital's humidity and heat. Old Town Alexandria's brick waterfront is a charming but flood-vulnerable zone.

San Francisco's climate is shaped by its position on a peninsula surrounded by the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay. The coastal fog (Karl the Fog) rolls in through the Golden Gate each summer afternoon, keeping temperatures mild year-round. The city has dramatically different microclimates — the Sunset District fog-bound while the Mission basks in sun on the same day.