🇺🇸 Houston vs 🇺🇸 San Francisco

Houston has one of America's most challenging urban climates — extremely hot and humid summers with frequent flooding from Gulf of Mexico moisture, mild winters, and significant hurricane vulnerability. The city sits in a flat coastal plain with no geographic relief from heat or storms.

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.