🇺🇸 Chicago vs 🇺🇸 Oakland

Humid continental — cold harsh winters, hot humid summers, severe storms

Chicago lives up to its Windy City nickname. Lake Michigan creates its own microclimate — cooler summers and heavier lake-effect snow in winter. Summers are warm but brief; winters are among the harshest of any major American city.

Oakland sits on the East Bay across from San Francisco and experiences a notably different climate — warmer and sunnier. The Oakland Hills act as a barrier to marine fog, but the bay provides significant cooling. The hills themselves experience dramatically different weather with more fog and wind than the flatlands below.