City vs city
Rancho Palos Verdes vs San Francisco, CA
San Francisco currently scores 1 points higher overall than Rancho Palos Verdes, with the largest gap in hail.
Use this comparison for relocation decisions, insurance shopping, and hazard-prioritized mitigation planning.
Hazard breakdown
Scores describe each city’s reference grid tile, not every property. A missing model is unavailable, not zero risk. Air quality uses an ingested EPA AirNow snapshot and may not reflect current conditions; other factors describe baseline exposure. The overall score blends different hazards and is not a probability of damage. Read the scoring methodology and sources.
Overall
Rancho Palos Verdes: 24/100 · San Francisco: 25/100
San Francisco is 1 points higher.
Flood
Rancho Palos Verdes: 41/100 · San Francisco: 26/100
Rancho Palos Verdes is 15 points higher.
Rancho Palos Verdes: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 6 features intersect this tile.
San Francisco: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 4 features intersect this tile.
Wind
Rancho Palos Verdes: 4/100 · San Francisco: 2/100
Rancho Palos Verdes is 2 points higher.
Rancho Palos Verdes: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
San Francisco: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Lightning
Rancho Palos Verdes: 0/100 · San Francisco: 0/100
No gap.
Rancho Palos Verdes: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
San Francisco: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Tornado
Rancho Palos Verdes: 0/100 · San Francisco: 0/100
No gap.
Rancho Palos Verdes: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
San Francisco: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Hail
Rancho Palos Verdes: 1/100 · San Francisco: 18/100
San Francisco is 17 points higher.
Rancho Palos Verdes: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
San Francisco: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Storm surge
Rancho Palos Verdes: Unavailable · San Francisco: Unavailable
A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.
Rancho Palos Verdes: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
San Francisco: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Wildfire
Rancho Palos Verdes: 49/100 · San Francisco: 52/100
San Francisco is 3 points higher.
Rancho Palos Verdes: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
San Francisco: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Ingested air quality
Rancho Palos Verdes: 25/100 · San Francisco: 25/100
No gap.
Rancho Palos Verdes: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.
San Francisco: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.