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San Diego vs San Jose, CA

San Jose currently scores 6 points higher overall than San Diego, with the largest gap in flood.

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San Diego

24/100

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San Jose

30/100

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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

San Diego: 24/100 · San Jose: 30/100

San Jose is 6 points higher.

Flood

San Diego: 28/100 · San Jose: 48/100

San Jose is 20 points higher.

San Diego: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 2 features intersect this tile.

San Jose: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 25 features intersect this tile.

Wind

San Diego: 5/100 · San Jose: 2/100

San Diego is 3 points higher.

San Diego: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.

San Jose: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.

Lightning

San Diego: 1/100 · San Jose: 0/100

San Diego is 1 points higher.

San Diego: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.

San Jose: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.

Tornado

San Diego: 0/100 · San Jose: 0/100

No gap.

San Diego: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

San Jose: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Hail

San Diego: 1/100 · San Jose: 11/100

San Jose is 10 points higher.

San Diego: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

San Jose: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Storm surge

San Diego: Unavailable · San Jose: Unavailable

A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.

San Diego: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.

San Jose: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.

Wildfire

San Diego: 82/100 · San Jose: 63/100

San Diego is 19 points higher.

San Diego: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.

San Jose: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.

Ingested air quality

San Diego: 24/100 · San Jose: 27/100

San Jose is 3 points higher.

San Diego: 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 Jose: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.