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I have lived in SF, Raleigh, and Austin and I would take either of their weather over SF.

SF has chilly fog, high wind, and no sun or sky for 200 days a year. Miserable.

I hear that South Bay is completely different, and I occasionally trek down there on the weekends just to get a few hours sunlight. It seems a lot better.

And I don’t even live out by the ocean, I’m technically not in the crazy fog zone.

I like living here overall but to me the weather is NOT a selling point.

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> SF has chilly fog, high wind, and no sun or sky for 200 days a year.

San Francisco averages 259 sunny days per year: https://www.bestplaces.net/climate/city/california/san_franc...

I honestly don't know what you're talking about.

I’ve looked up sources for that before and I believe they use the airport and sometimes a weather station on Rincon Hill. Some of those also don’t count the marine layer (is the fog). That’s probably twice as many sunny days as Alamo Square (middle of the city near me) and three times as many as Sunset or anything on the pacific side of town.

You can get a better picture of this on http://fog.today which has a tool showing historic cloud cover including the marine layer.

Sure, but most of the people SF / Oakland don't live in Sunset. Saying that SF's weather is dismal just isn't true for the majority who live and work here. Which isn't to say that everyone experiences glorious weather daily, to be sure, but it's pretty nice for most people.

I’m saying SF’s weather is dismal to me. I’m not saying anything about the rest of the Bay Area, or to people who like not seeing the sun from May 15 to August 15 each year.

San Francisco is famous for its microclimates, where it can be sunny in one area but cold and foggy a short walk away.

It depends. If you live in the Sunset neighborhood that's not true - in SOMA, yes.

I grew up in Raleigh..I love it but the weather is anything but good IMO. Too cold in the winters and too hot in the summers.

I did an internship in Seattle and enjoyed the weather there more myself.

I agree, I can't stand SF weather but love South Bay weather. Every time I have to do the drive to SF for some concert I whine about it :)

This is not true for most SF neighborhoods, and not true for basically any east bay neighborhoods.

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