🇺🇸 Orlando vs 🇺🇸 San Francisco

Orlando is central Florida's inland city with no direct ocean cooling, sitting at the state's widest point between the Atlantic and Gulf. This means hot, humid summers with the highest heat index readings in the state and afternoon thunderstorms that are both predictable and intense. The theme park corridor along I-4 creates significant urban 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.