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Minneapolis, MN vs San Francisco, CA weather comparison

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Minneapolis picks up around 47 more inches of snow each winter.

San Francisco has around 147 fewer freezing nights a year. San Francisco sees rain or snow on roughly 47 fewer days each year.

The year at a glance

Averages from 30 years of climate history, 1991-2020

Annual weather statistics for Minneapolis, MN and San Francisco, CA
MinneapolisMetricSan Francisco
187 daysSunny daysclear or partly cloudy skies248 days
32 inPrecipitationper year23 in
118 daysWet daysrain or snow per year71 days
47 inSnowfallper year0 in
17 daysHot daysabove 90 °F3 days
147 daysFreezing nightsat or below 32 °F0 days
69%Humidityaverage relative77%
46 °FAverage temperatureyear round58 °F

Monthly temperatures

Average daily high and low for each month, in °F. The gap between the two lines is what an ordinary day feels like across the year.

MinneapolisSan Francisco

Daily highs

20406080JanMarMayJulSepNovMinneapolis, Jan: 22 °FMinneapolis, Feb: 27 °FMinneapolis, Mar: 40 °FMinneapolis, Apr: 55 °FMinneapolis, May: 69 °FMinneapolis, Jun: 78 °FMinneapolis, Jul: 83 °FMinneapolis, Aug: 80 °FMinneapolis, Sep: 72 °FMinneapolis, Oct: 56 °FMinneapolis, Nov: 40 °FMinneapolis, Dec: 27 °FSan Francisco, Jan: 58 °FSan Francisco, Feb: 60 °FSan Francisco, Mar: 62 °FSan Francisco, Apr: 63 °FSan Francisco, May: 64 °FSan Francisco, Jun: 66 °FSan Francisco, Jul: 66 °FSan Francisco, Aug: 68 °FSan Francisco, Sep: 70 °FSan Francisco, Oct: 70 °FSan Francisco, Nov: 64 °FSan Francisco, Dec: 58 °F

Daily lows

204060JanMarMayJulSepNovMinneapolis, Jan: 8 °FMinneapolis, Feb: 12 °FMinneapolis, Mar: 24 °FMinneapolis, Apr: 36 °FMinneapolis, May: 49 °FMinneapolis, Jun: 59 °FMinneapolis, Jul: 64 °FMinneapolis, Aug: 62 °FMinneapolis, Sep: 54 °FMinneapolis, Oct: 40 °FMinneapolis, Nov: 27 °FMinneapolis, Dec: 15 °FSan Francisco, Jan: 47 °FSan Francisco, Feb: 48 °FSan Francisco, Mar: 49 °FSan Francisco, Apr: 50 °FSan Francisco, May: 51 °FSan Francisco, Jun: 53 °FSan Francisco, Jul: 55 °FSan Francisco, Aug: 56 °FSan Francisco, Sep: 56 °FSan Francisco, Oct: 54 °FSan Francisco, Nov: 51 °FSan Francisco, Dec: 47 °F
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Monthly temperatures (°F)
CityJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Minneapolis high222740556978838072564027
San Francisco high586062636466666870706458
Minneapolis low81224364959646254402715
San Francisco low474849505153555656545147

Monthly precipitation

Total rain plus melted snow for each month, in inches. Taller bars mean wetter months.

MinneapolisSan Francisco
0.02.04.0JanMarMayJulSepNovMinneapolis, Jan: 1.0 inMinneapolis, Feb: 1.0 inMinneapolis, Mar: 2.0 inMinneapolis, Apr: 3.2 inMinneapolis, May: 4.3 inMinneapolis, Jun: 4.3 inMinneapolis, Jul: 3.5 inMinneapolis, Aug: 3.9 inMinneapolis, Sep: 3.3 inMinneapolis, Oct: 2.6 inMinneapolis, Nov: 1.9 inMinneapolis, Dec: 1.4 inSan Francisco, Jan: 4.5 inSan Francisco, Feb: 4.7 inSan Francisco, Mar: 3.5 inSan Francisco, Apr: 1.6 inSan Francisco, May: 0.8 inSan Francisco, Jun: 0.2 inSan Francisco, Jul: 0.0 inSan Francisco, Aug: 0.0 inSan Francisco, Sep: 0.1 inSan Francisco, Oct: 1.0 inSan Francisco, Nov: 2.2 inSan Francisco, Dec: 4.2 in
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Monthly precipitation (inches)
CityJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Minneapolis1.01.02.03.24.34.33.53.93.32.61.91.4
San Francisco4.54.73.51.60.80.20.00.00.11.02.24.2

Monthly sunny days

Days each month with clear or partly cloudy skies, so compare the same month between cities.

MinneapolisSan Francisco
01020JanMarMayJulSepNovMinneapolis, Jan: 12 daysMinneapolis, Feb: 12 daysMinneapolis, Mar: 15 daysMinneapolis, Apr: 14 daysMinneapolis, May: 15 daysMinneapolis, Jun: 17 daysMinneapolis, Jul: 22 daysMinneapolis, Aug: 21 daysMinneapolis, Sep: 19 daysMinneapolis, Oct: 16 daysMinneapolis, Nov: 13 daysMinneapolis, Dec: 11 daysSan Francisco, Jan: 14 daysSan Francisco, Feb: 13 daysSan Francisco, Mar: 16 daysSan Francisco, Apr: 19 daysSan Francisco, May: 22 daysSan Francisco, Jun: 25 daysSan Francisco, Jul: 28 daysSan Francisco, Aug: 27 daysSan Francisco, Sep: 27 daysSan Francisco, Oct: 24 daysSan Francisco, Nov: 18 daysSan Francisco, Dec: 15 days
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Monthly sunny days (days)
CityJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Minneapolis121215141517222119161311
San Francisco141316192225282727241815

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About this data

Every figure on this page is a 30 year average computed from daily climate history for 1991-2020, using each city's own coordinates. Wet days count days with measurable precipitation, calibrated against the wet day counts in NOAA's published climate normals. Sunny days count clear plus partly cloudy days, defined as average cloud cover of 63 percent or less and calibrated against NOAA's published sky cover tables. Snowfall figures are model estimates anchored to NOAA station measurements near each city.

Weather data by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information (ERA5, ERA5-Land).