🇺🇸 Juneau vs 🇺🇸 San Francisco

Juneau is one of the wettest state capitals in America, averaging over 90 inches of precipitation annually. The city is hemmed between Gastineau Channel and mountains rising to over 4,000 feet, creating a coastal rainforest microclimate. Fog, rain, and low clouds dominate much of the year.

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.