South San Francisco is a city in San Mateo County, California, located on the San Francisco Peninsula in the San Francisco Bay Area. South San Francisco lies north of San Bruno and San Francisco International Airport in a small valley south of Daly City, Colma, Brisbane, and San Bruno Mountain, east of Pacifica and the hills of the Coast Range, and west of the waters of San Francisco Bay. Most of the valley faces San Francisco Bay, affording bay views from higher levels.
Sign Hill, which rises to the north of the city bears large white letters that proclaim: "The Industrial City," which refers mainly to the flat land east of the Bayshore Freeway (US 101). Locals prefer to refer to the town as "South City," in much the same way that San Francisco is called "The City." People unfamiliar with the area often mistake "South San Francisco" as the southern part of the city of San Francisco. In fact, the city of South San Francisco is not even contiguous with the city of San Francisco.
South San Francisco occupies the basin and portions of the sides of a broad valley formed by the San Bruno Mountains on the north and the Coast Range on the west. Most of the valley faces adjacent San Francisco Bay, affording sweeping vistas, from higher levels and a definite sense of identification with the Bay. South San Francisco has mild winters and dry cool summers. The hills to the west shield the city from much of the fog that prevails in neighboring areas.
South San Francisco offers its citizens a city in which to live comfortably in fine residential areas; a place of recreation in parks, swimming pools, and marina; a place to work in more than 2,800 firms and businesses including many biotech companies such as Genentech which gives the city the title of "Birthplace of Biotechnology".
Housing Cost
Estimated median house or condo value in 2008: $627,837
Mean prices in 2008: All housing units: $654,455; Detached houses: $708,759; Townhouses or other attached units: $627,127; In 2-unit structures: $408,526; In 3-to-4-unit structures: $577,077; In 5-or-more-unit structures: $355,602; Mobile homes: $16,979; Occupied boats, RVs, vans, etc.: $81,071
Demographics
Population in July 2009: 62,830. South San Francisco Covers 9.02 square miles. It sits at an elevation of 19 feet above sea level. Zip codes: 94080, 94083, 94099 - Area code: 650
Weather
South San Francisco, CA climate is mild during summer when temperatures tend to be in the 60's and cool during winter when temperatures tend to be in the 50's.
The warmest month of the year is September with an average maximum temperature of 72.70 degrees Fahrenheit, while the coldest month of the year is January with an average minimum temperature of 42.90 degrees Fahrenheit.
Temperature variations between night and day tend to be fairly limited during summer with a difference that can reach 16 degrees Fahrenheit, and fairly limited during winter with an average difference of 13 degrees Fahrenheit.
The annual average precipitation at South San Francisco is 20.11 Inches. Winter months tend to be wetter than summer months. The wettest month of the year is January with an average rainfall of 4.45 Inches.
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, Brisbane, and San Bruno Mountain, east of Pacifica and the hills of the Coast Range, and west of the waters of San Francisco Bay. Most of the valley faces San Francisco Bay, affording bay views from higher levels.