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Salt Lake City, UT vs San Francisco, CA weather comparison

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Salt Lake City picks up around 52 more inches of snow each winter.

San Francisco has around 95 fewer freezing nights a year. Salt Lake City endures about 51 more days above 90 °F each year.

The year at a glance

Averages from 30 years of climate history, 1991-2020

Annual weather statistics for Salt Lake City, UT and San Francisco, CA
Salt Lake CityMetricSan Francisco
244 daysSunny daysclear or partly cloudy skies248 days
19 inPrecipitationper year23 in
96 daysWet daysrain or snow per year71 days
52 inSnowfallper year0 in
54 daysHot daysabove 90 °F3 days
95 daysFreezing nightsat or below 32 °F0 days
61%Humidityaverage relative77%
55 °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.

Salt Lake CitySan Francisco

Daily highs

406080JanMarMayJulSepNovSalt Lake City, Jan: 39 °FSalt Lake City, Feb: 45 °FSalt Lake City, Mar: 55 °FSalt Lake City, Apr: 62 °FSalt Lake City, May: 72 °FSalt Lake City, Jun: 83 °FSalt Lake City, Jul: 93 °FSalt Lake City, Aug: 91 °FSalt Lake City, Sep: 80 °FSalt Lake City, Oct: 66 °FSalt Lake City, Nov: 51 °FSalt Lake City, Dec: 40 °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

4060JanMarMayJulSepNovSalt Lake City, Jan: 26 °FSalt Lake City, Feb: 30 °FSalt Lake City, Mar: 37 °FSalt Lake City, Apr: 43 °FSalt Lake City, May: 51 °FSalt Lake City, Jun: 60 °FSalt Lake City, Jul: 69 °FSalt Lake City, Aug: 67 °FSalt Lake City, Sep: 57 °FSalt Lake City, Oct: 45 °FSalt Lake City, Nov: 35 °FSalt Lake City, Dec: 27 °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
Salt Lake City high394555627283939180665140
San Francisco high586062636466666870706458
Salt Lake City low263037435160696757453527
San Francisco low474849505153555656545147

Monthly precipitation

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

Salt Lake CitySan Francisco
0.02.04.0JanMarMayJulSepNovSalt Lake City, Jan: 2.1 inSalt Lake City, Feb: 1.8 inSalt Lake City, Mar: 2.0 inSalt Lake City, Apr: 2.6 inSalt Lake City, May: 2.2 inSalt Lake City, Jun: 1.1 inSalt Lake City, Jul: 0.4 inSalt Lake City, Aug: 0.5 inSalt Lake City, Sep: 1.4 inSalt Lake City, Oct: 1.8 inSalt Lake City, Nov: 1.7 inSalt Lake City, Dec: 1.9 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
Salt Lake City2.11.82.02.62.21.10.40.51.41.81.71.9
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.

Salt Lake CitySan Francisco
01020JanMarMayJulSepNovSalt Lake City, Jan: 15 daysSalt Lake City, Feb: 15 daysSalt Lake City, Mar: 17 daysSalt Lake City, Apr: 17 daysSalt Lake City, May: 20 daysSalt Lake City, Jun: 25 daysSalt Lake City, Jul: 27 daysSalt Lake City, Aug: 27 daysSalt Lake City, Sep: 26 daysSalt Lake City, Oct: 23 daysSalt Lake City, Nov: 18 daysSalt Lake City, Dec: 16 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
Salt Lake City151517172025272726231816
San Francisco141316192225282727241815

Keep comparing

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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).