🇺🇸 Minneapolis vs 🇺🇸 San Francisco

Minneapolis is one of the coldest major US cities, with winter temperatures regularly below 0°F and abundant snowfall. The city is famous for its skyway system — 80 blocks of second-story enclosed walkways connecting downtown buildings — built to allow movement without facing the brutal winters. Summers are surprisingly warm and humid but mercifully short.

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.