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Gay San Diego Essentials
AIRPORTS:
San Diego
International Airport
Los
Angeles International Airport - about 1.5 hour drive
from San Diego
Ontario
International Airport - 2 hours from San Diego
Orange County
International Airport - about an hour from San Diego
CRUISE PORT
San Diego Port
Authority
Discover how wonderful it is to cruise from San Diego.
Step right off from downtown San Diego to a wide blue sea of
vacation destinations. With nine cruise lines serving San Diego
and more varied itineraries than ever before, the San Diego B
Street Cruise Ship Terminal on the Big Bay is an ideal place to
begin and end your journey. Look at the Port of San Diego Cruise
Ship. Services Carnival Cruise Lines, Royal Caribbean,
Norwegian, Celebrity, Princess and all the major cruise
lines.
RENTAL
CARS
You will need a car to get around the San Diego area. All the
major car rental agencies are located at the airport.
RESOURCES
San Diego Convention & Visitors Bureau
(2215 India St; 619/236-1212) is a good source of mainstream tourist and cultural information.
Greater San Diego Business Association
(the "gay Chamber of Commerce"; 619/296-4543) which will send you a listing of gay-friendly businesses in the hospitality industry that advertise to the gay community.
The Gay & Lesbian Times the major gay paper.
Lavender Lens (619/291-8223) serves the city's lesbian
community.
WEATHER
San Diego predominantly has a semi-arid warm steppe climate. It
enjoys mild, sunny weather throughout the year. Average monthly
temperatures range from about 57 Fahrenheit (14 °C) in January
to 72 Fahrenheit (22 °C) in July, although late summer and
early autumn are typically the hottest times of the year. The
average annual temperature is a perfect 70 Fahrenheit. Snow and
ice are virtually nonexistent in the wintertime, typically
occurring only inland from the coast when present. "May
gray and June gloom", a local saying, refers to the way in
which San Diego sometimes has trouble shaking off the fog that
comes in during those months. Temperatures soar to very high
readings only on rare occasions, chiefly when easterly winds
bring hot, dry air from the inland deserts (these winds are
called "Santa Anas"). The average annual precipitation
is less than 12 inches (300 mm), resulting in a borderline
arid climate. Rainfall is strongly concentrated in the cooler
half of the year, particularly the months December through
March, although precipitation is lower than any other part of
the U.S. west coast. The summer months are virtually rainless.
Rainfall is highly variable from year to year and from month to
month, and San Diego is subject to both droughts and floods.
Thunderstorms and hurricanes are very rare.
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