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Triplandio San Francisco guide covers 27 travel guides across 49 areas, complete with hotel picks. Explore 108 self-guided walking tours in San Francisco with 411 POI, spanning 364.9 km in total. Get inspired by 8 local dishes, complete with recipes and our unique Food Flavour DNA graph.
San Francisco
City & Country Data United States (San Francisco)
Key travel data for San Francisco — cost of living, safety, healthcare, local currency and essentials, curated by Triplandio.
🌍 United States
Cost
LOW
Safety
18
Health
55
Lifestyle
72
Infra
91
Rank
#39
Score
53
Tourists
45.0M/y
GDP/cap
$90.0k
Life Exp
78.9 yrs
Population
341.8M
Currency
USD $
Language
English
Payments
Cards OK
Emergency
911
💰 Prices in San Francisco
Coffee
$5.94
Beer
$8.00
Lunch
$25.00
Groceries
$35.00/w
Taxi/km
$2.03
Transit
$3.50
Fuel
$1.36/l
Internet
$73.59/m
Salary
$5,000/m
Best time to visit San Francisco (United States)
Now (September) avg: 17°C, mostly dry, full season — expect crowds. Best months to walk: Jun & Jul.
Live Temp
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~Day / Night Temp
21°C / 14°C
Sunrise / Sunset
6:59 / 19:04
Local time
7:13
Sea Temp
17°C
Best Months 
Jun & Jul
Jun & Jul
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Jan
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Feb
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Mar
A
Apr
M
May
J
Jun
J
Jul
A
Aug
S
Sep
O
Oct
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Nov
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Dec
J
Jul
A
Aug
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Temperature
Average night-low temperature, month by month. Zero line marks freezing point.
Crowds
How busy it gets — traveller interest by month.
Sea temperature
Sea warmth for swimming, by month.
Rainfall
Rainy days to expect each month.
Sunshine
Hours of sun per day, by month.
Local Flavours of San Francisco —
Explore recipes, history, our unique food flavour DNA graph and more.
A creamy pasta dish with chicken and mushrooms. A seafood stew in a tomato-based broth, packed with various shellfish. A salad with crab meat, hard-boiled eggs, asparagus, and tomatoes, dressed in Louis dressing. An omelette with bacon and oysters, a Gold Rush-era favorite. An ice cream sandwich with chocolate-coated oatmeal cookies Scrambled eggs with spinach, onions, and ground beef. A large, foil-wrapped burrito, filled with assorted ingredients. A warm, open-faced sandwich with melted cheese and crab meat. A tangy, naturally-leavened bread that is a San Francisco staple.
Traditional Local Food
San Francisco (United States)
Main course
Meat
Chicken Tetrazzini
CHIH-ken te-trah-ZEE-nee
Main course
Fish & Seafood
Cioppino
choh-PEE-noh
Main course
Fish & Seafood
Crab Louis
krab LOO-ee
Main course
Meat
Hangtown Fry
HANG-town fry
Dessert
Meat
It's-It
ITS IT
Main course
Meat
Joe's Special
johz spesh-ul
Main course
Meat
Mission Burrito
MIS-uhn buh-REE-toh
Main course
Fish & Seafood
Sandwich Crab Melt
san-dwich krab melt
Bread
Vegetarian
Sourdough Bread
SOW-er-doh bred
