🇺🇸 Fayetteville vs 🇺🇸 San Francisco

Fayetteville in Northwest Arkansas sits in the Ozark Mountains at about 1,400 feet elevation. This gives the city notably milder summer temperatures than the rest of Arkansas. The University of Arkansas campus and surrounding hills create varied microclimates, and winter ice storms can be severe.

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.