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North America
San Diego
CA, United States
Salary & Cost of Living
How do salaries and expenses in San Diego compare to San Francisco?
Purchasing Power Comparison
An engineer in San Diego is 22% worse off vs in San Francisco
This shows how far a software engineer's salary goes in San Diego compared to San Francisco, taking into account both salary differences and cost of living.
Net Salary
$111,960
-$54,202 (-33%) vs San Francisco
Tax Rate: 38%
Weather
How does the weather in San Diego compare to San Francisco?
San Diego has better overall weather
10.0/10(vs 8.7/10 in San Francisco)
Overall weather score based on temperature, sunshine, precipitation, and humidity. Learn how it's calculated
Average High
21°C(vs 19°C in San Francisco)
Average Low
15°C(vs 12°C in San Francisco)
Sunshine Hours
3,055h/yr(same as San Francisco)
Average High in hottest month
25°C(vs 22°C in San Francisco)
Average Low in coldest month
10°C(vs 8°C in San Francisco)
Rainy Days
29/yr-19/yr(-40%)
Muggy Days
14/yr+14/yr(+7100%)
Cloud Cover
25%(vs 34% in San Francisco)
Quality of Life
How does quality of life in San Diego compare to San Francisco?
Housing Affordability
How affordable is housing for a software engineer in San Diego compared to San Francisco?
SWE Affordability
5.7 years
0.7 years longer than San Francisco
Community & Events
Events listed on lu.ma, a popular Meetup alternative in tech circles, can indicate local community engagement.
San Diego has around 8 Luma events listed.
That's 83% fewer events than San Francisco.
Salary Converter
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