CA · Stay Cool city
San Francisco
San Francisco’s grid + topography make shade hyper-local. Two parallel blocks can have radically different cover; our routing knows which one stays cool at each time of day.
Stay Cool routes around shade in San Francisco, CA. The app picks the cooler side of every street using real building heights and live sun position — peak summer UV here is 9, average July high is 67°F, and tree canopy covers 13% of the city. Below: the most reliably-shaded walking routes we've found, plus deeper neighborhood field notes when available.
UV 9
Summer peak
67°F
Avg July high
13%
Tree canopy
Highlights · 2
The picks · 2.Graded JUN 29, 2026
- 01Ferry Building to Salesforce Park
The Salesforce Tower’s shadow stretches half a mile north in the afternoon. Use it.
Shade79%Walk10 minBest at2:30 pm - 02Dolores Park to The Mission
Sun-soaked in the park, then bricks for cover the whole way to Tartine.
Shade71%Walk5 minBest at12 pm
More from San Francisco
- Neighborhood guideThe shadow of the Salesforce Tower.
- Neighborhood guideThe Mission, on the shaded sidewalk.
- Neighborhood guideThe Presidio, on the fog side.