🇺🇸 North Charleston vs 🇺🇸 San Francisco

North Charleston is a major industrial and port city that is significantly different in character from the historic Charleston peninsula. Inland from the sea breezes that moderate historic Charleston, this city experiences more extreme heat in summer. The Boeing Dreamliner plant and port facilities create industrial heat islands.

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.