City guide San Francisco
- Dividend Withholding Tax 0% for US citizens; 30% for non-resident aliens (varies by treaty) 30 percent US withholding on US-source dividends paid to nonresident aliens, or a lower…
- E-commerce/Online Store Amazon (Same-day delivery), eBay none
- Gaming Lounges The Foundry (SoMa), Free Gold Watch (Arcade) none
- Grocery Delivery Instacart, Amazon Fresh, Safeway.com Bi-Rite takes grocery delivery orders from the 18th Street and Divisadero markets. Both…
- Gyms & Fitness Centers Equinox (Market St), Fitness SF (Castro), Barry's Bootcamp Livingcost, modified 21 June 2026, puts a monthly gym membership at USD 118. A named chain…
- Highest Income Tax Bracket 37% Federal + 13.3% California (Total up to 50.3%) 37 percent federal, on single income over USD 640,600 in 2026. California ordinary tax for…
- Highway Access US-101, I-80 (Bay Bridge), I-280 US-101 comes up the Peninsula and, from the north, over the Golden Gate Bridge. I-280 is…
- Historic Buildings Coit Tower, Ferry Building, Palace of Fine Arts Wikivoyage names Coit Tower on Telegraph Hill, the Ferry Building on the Embarcadero, and…
- Historical Sites The Presidio, Mission Dolores (Oldest building in SF) Wikivoyage dates Mission Dolores, the Mission San Francisco de Asís, and the Presidio fort…
- Internet Speed Avg 150-500 Mbps; Fiber available via Sonic or Google Fiber Sonic markets residential fiber up to 10 Gigabits. Livingcost, modified 21 June 2026…
- Language Classes City College of San Francisco (ESL), Alliance Française Wikivoyage names City College of San Francisco as the community college, plus UCSF…
- Laundry Services Laundryheap (Delivery), Rinse, various local laundromats (~$4/load) none
- Libraries & Study Spots SF Public Library (Main Branch), Mechanics' Institute San Francisco Main Library, 100 Larkin Street: Sunday noon to 6pm, Monday 9am to 6pm…
- Local Brewery Anchor Brewing (reopened), 21st Amendment Brewery (SoMa) Cellarmaker House of Pizza, 3193 Mission Street, phone 415-296-6351. Hours are Monday to…
- Local Heritage LGBTQ+ Rights (Harvey Milk), The 1960s Counter-culture Wikivoyage says the peninsula was Yelamu Ohlone land before the Spanish mission of 1776…
- Local Markets Ferry Plaza Farmers Market (Sat/Tue/Thu) Ferry Plaza Farmers Market at the Ferry Building: Tuesday and Thursday 10am to 2pm…
- Main Train/Transit Hub Salesforce Transit Center, Powell St Station (BART/Muni) Caltrain ends at Fourth and King in SoMa. Salesforce Transit Center, 425 Mission Street…
- Museums & Art Venues SFMOMA, De Young Museum, California Academy of Sciences SFMOMA, 151 Third Street, adult admission USD 30 (senior USD 25, students with ID USD 23…
- Music Scene The Fillmore, The Independent, Rickshaw Stop The Fillmore, 1805 Geary Boulevard, phone 415-346-3000, had shows listed for 23 October…
- Must-See Landmarks Golden Gate Bridge, Alcatraz Island, Painted Ladies The Golden Gate Bridge is the signature crossing. Alcatraz is ferry-only; the National…
- National Parks Nearby Yosemite National Park (4 hours drive), Pinnacles (2.5 hours) Yosemite National Park is the nearest famous national park. The Park Service page gives a…
- Nearby Nature Escapes Muir Woods National Monument (Redwoods, 40 mins away) Muir Woods National Monument, in Golden Gate National Recreation Area, requires a…
- Networking Events SF New Tech, Commonwealth Club, TechCrunch Disrupt events none
- Parcel Delivery Service FedEx (Market St), UPS Store, USPS Post Offices Wikivoyage says USPS post offices sell stamps and ship packages, with blue mailboxes…
- Popular International Cuisine Mister Jiu's (Chinese), State Bird Provisions (American/Dim Sum style) Wikivoyage points to Chinatown and the Inner Richmond for Chinese food, North Beach for…
- Population 808,000 (City), 4.7 million (Bay Area) 826,079 in the city and county on the Census Vintage 2025 estimate, as cited by Wikipedia…
- Power 120V, 60Hz, 🔌 Type A/B sockets 120 V, 60 Hz, plug types A and B (two flat pins, or those plus a round ground). Visitors…
- Property Tax Approx. 1.2% of assessed value per year Proposition 13 limits the basic levy to 1 percent of assessed value, and generally caps…
- Property Transaction Tax Transfer tax ranges from 0.5% to 6% based on sale price none
- Public Transport Passes Clipper Card; $2.50 per ride; $81 Monthly Muni Pass An adult single ride is USD 2.85 with Clipper or a contactless card, or USD 3.00 cash, and…
- Regional Travel BART (East Bay), Caltrain (Silicon Valley/San Jose), Ferries (Sausalito) BART runs under Market Street to the East Bay and to SFO. Caltrain runs from Fourth and…
- Religious Sites Grace Cathedral (Nob Hill), Saints Peter and Paul Church Grace Cathedral, Gothic, on Nob Hill along California Street between Mason and…
- SIM Card T-Mobile, AT&T, Verizon (eSIM via Airalo or Holafly recommended) Visible, on Verizon, starts at USD 25 a month with taxes and fees included.
- Scenic Viewpoints Twin Peaks, Hawk Hill (Marin Headlands), Mount Davidson Twin Peaks, which Wikivoyage puts at about 875 feet, looks over the city. The Golden Gate…
- Short Term Rentals Airbnb, Sonder, Zeus Living ($3,500 - $6,000/month) The city has an Office of Short-Term Rentals; the night-cap text did not render on 22…
- Social Events for Expats Internations San Francisco, SF Digital Nomads Meetup Group none
- Street Art Clarion Alley Murals (Mission), Balmy Alley Wikivoyage points to murals on alleys in the Mission, between Market and Valencia.
- Street Food Stalls Off the Grid (Fort Mason), Ferry Building Marketplace Ferry Plaza Farmers Market, at the Ferry Building, runs Tuesday and Thursday 10am to 2pm…
- Studio Purchase Price (City Center) Approx. $11,500 per m² (e.g., 40 m² [~430 sqft] = $460,000) Livingcost, modified 21 June 2026, lists an apartment in the city center at USD 10,798 per…
- Studio Purchase Price (Outside City) Approx. $8,500 per m² (e.g., 40 m² = $340,000 in outer suburbs) The same Livingcost page lists a house in the suburbs at USD 9,079 per square metre, not…
purchase prices set to Livingcost USD 10,798 per square metre in the center and USD 9,079 per square metre for a suburban house (https://livingcost.org/cost/united-states/ca/san-francisco). Tax lines set to federal 21 percent and 37 percent, California 8.84 percent and 12.30 percent plus 1 percent over USD 1 million, sales tax 8.625 percent, Proposition 13, and dividend withholding 30 percent. Property transfer tax removed pending a page that loads. Tourist and nomad areas pointed at the Wharf, Union Square, and the Mission.