Where's the best climate in California? (San Diego, San Jose: 2015, how much, airport)

[the topper]

Oakland!

[blueskywalker]

Originally Posted by MarciaMarshaMarcia

You're all wrong, the best climate is in Barstow.

that's just somewhat funny but your user name cracked me up!

[YoungTraveler2011]

Best weather would be Oakland, CA (dead serious).

[Ruth4Truth]

Originally Posted by the topper

Oakland!

Yeah, a lot of people would say Berkeley/Oakland, with maybe El Cerrito thrown in. Mill Valley is nice, but people who live there say it rains a lot and can be grey, like Seattle, lol. Must be certain seasons they're talking about. The central coast and the coast north of the Bay Area are nice, too: Pt Reyes Station and up the Marin coast through Mendocino.

[Ruth4Truth]

Originally Posted by YoungTraveler2011

Best weather would be Oakland, CA (dead serious).

Why wouldn't you be serious? Berkeley, Oakland and for some, El Cerrito are known for their mild summer weather, due to the cooling effect of the fog.

[Ultrarunner]

Oakland is easy to validate based on the number of heating/cooling days per year.

[mysticaltyger]

Originally Posted by ColdCanadian

Near the beach around San Diego. My dad has an uncle there who says most of the year it's 75 F.

This is somewhat exaggerated. While it can hit 75 or warmer any time of year near the beach in SD or Coastal SoCal, typical daytime high temperatures year 'round are evenly split between days in the 60s and days in the 70s, often the low 70s.

[mysticaltyger]

Originally Posted by SouthCali4LifeSD

San Diego also has more sunnier days and less precipitation each year then anywhere else along the CA coast.

This is actually not true. Owing to it's south facing location and islands that help to block some of the fog and low clouds, Santa Barbara is actually sunnier than San Diego.

[mysticaltyger]

Originally Posted by gaijin_samurai

I think the Bay Area cities (San Jose, Oakland, Walnut Creek) are pretty underrated when it comes to weather because they are often mistakenly grouped in with the colder SF.

This is true, but their drawback compared to SoCal is they are still on the chilly side in Winter. For example, the average high/low in San Jose in January is 58/42. That low temp. is similar to many SoCal locations, but the high of 58, while a notch warmer than SF is definitely colder than the typical January highs of 63-68 in SoCal.

[mysticaltyger]

Originally Posted by Nitro63

Camarillo, far enough from the beach where the fog burns off by 10am, but you still get the cool ocean breeze.

This conforms to what others have said--that being near the coast but a few miles inland (without any hills or mountains blocking the mild coastal air) is the best. San Luis Obispo has a similar setup, although there are some hills between it an the coast, they aren't too high.