Where to Stay for San Francisco Climate Week: Best Areas and Hotels
San Francisco Climate Week runs April 18–26, 2026. Now in its fourth year, it's one of the largest climate-focused event weeks in the United States — a city-wide gathering of founders, investors, policymakers, scientists, and climate professionals working across clean energy, sustainable finance, carbon markets, nature-based solutions, and climate tech. It's not a single conference with a badge and a lanyard; it's hundreds of independently organised events hosted by the organisations that make up the Bay Area's climate ecosystem, open to anyone working in the space.
In 2025, the event attracted over 700 events and more than 25,000 attendees across the Bay Area — and 2026 is expected to build on that. Unlike a traditional conference with a single venue, events happen at offices, galleries, university campuses, and waterfront venues across the city, with SoMa and the Financial District hosting the highest concentration.
That means where you stay directly affects how much time you spend in transit versus actually at events. Most attendees will spend the majority of their time in SoMa and the Financial District — staying in either area, or in Union Square directly between them, puts nearly everything within walking distance or a short Muni ride.
Where Are Most San Francisco Climate Week Events Held?
SF Climate Week is deliberately decentralised — there's no single anchor venue. Events are hosted by the organisations running them, which in practice means they cluster wherever the Bay Area's climate, tech, and finance community is based. In 2025, that broke down as follows:
- SoMa — the official Energy Summit, and a dense concentration of satellite events at tech and climate offices. Moscone Center, SFMOMA, and Yerba Buena Center for the Arts are all here.
- Financial District — corporate forums at Salesforce Tower, One Market Plaza, and other Financial District offices, including the official Founder and Investor Happy Hour and waterfront events at the Embarcadero. 9Zero Climate Innovation Hub, which served as an official hub for 2025 programming, is also located here.
- Mission Bay — UCSF hosted sustainability and climate science programming during the week.
The 2026 event calendar will be live at sfclimateweek.org before the end of March — check it once published to confirm which specific events and venues are relevant to your schedule before booking.
Best Hotels in SoMa for San Francisco Climate Week
SoMa is where official Climate Week programming has been heaviest. In 2025, the Energy Summit and the majority of satellite events from climate and tech organisations were here — along with Moscone Center, SFMOMA, and Yerba Buena Center for the Arts within a few blocks of each other. That pattern is expected to continue in 2026.
Powell Street BART station is approximately 0.3 miles north of the core SoMa area — a five-minute walk — with direct service to SFO (approximately 30 minutes) and Oakland (approximately 20 minutes).
1 Hotel San Francisco (Mission Street, SoMa)
A sustainability-focused property at 8 Mission Street with LEED Gold certification, energy and waste reduction systems, and a restaurant sourcing from local and regional producers. It hosted Climate Week events directly in 2025 — if you're attending events here, you won't need to leave the building.
Hyatt Regency San Francisco Downtown SoMa
On Market Street, steps from Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Moscone Center, and SFMOMA. Participates in Hyatt's sustainability programs, with a restaurant focused on sustainable seafood. One of the most practically located hotels in the city for Climate Week attendees whose events are concentrated in SoMa.
Check availability at Hyatt Regency San Francisco Downtown SoMa
Canopy by Hilton San Francisco SoMa (Near Moscone Center)
Directly across from Moscone Center on 4th Street, with the Muni light rail stop right outside. A well-reviewed mid-range option if you want the shortest possible walk to SoMa's core Climate Week venues without paying luxury rates.
Explore Canopy by Hilton San Francisco SoMa
Hotel Zetta (Near Moscone & Powell BART)
A converted 1913 warehouse on Fifth Street, three blocks from Moscone and two blocks from Powell BART. Go-Green program with organic cotton linens, comprehensive recycling, and locally made furniture throughout. The Cavalier restaurant serves locally sourced contemporary American cuisine. A solid mid-range option if you want character and location without a luxury price.
Union Square Hotels for Climate Week: Best for Airport Access and Central Location
Union Square is approximately 0.5 miles from the heart of SoMa — a ten-minute walk or one Muni stop on the F, J, K, L, M, or N lines. If your schedule mixes Climate Week events with meetings elsewhere in the city, or if you're flying in and out of SFO, Union Square's position on Powell Street BART makes it faster and cheaper to manage than SoMa. Cable cars run from Powell Street to Fisherman's Wharf and Nob Hill for evenings out.
Orchard Garden Hotel (LEED-Certified, Near Powell BART)
San Francisco's first fully green-practices hotel, with LEED certification and Green Seal certification. Key-card master switches control all room electronics, cleaning products are Green Seal verified, and the hotel uses MERV 13 air filters throughout. Joya Restaurant serves organic California cuisine. Two blocks from Powell BART and a ten-minute walk to SoMa. If you're attending on behalf of a company with an ESG travel policy, the sustainability documentation here is among the most thorough of any hotel on this list.
The Westin St. Francis (Union Square Landmark Hotel)
A 1904 landmark directly on Union Square with Powell Street BART and cable cars outside the door. EV charging stations on-site and approximately a ten-minute walk to the SoMa Climate Week event cluster. The largest hotel on Union Square, which means more availability than most options on this list when the rest of the neighbourhood fills up.
Explore The Westin St. Francis
InterContinental San Francisco (LEED-Certified, Next to Moscone Center)
LEED-certified and directly adjacent to Moscone Center in SoMa, with energy-efficient systems and sustainability reporting that can streamline internal approvals for companies with ESG travel policies. Full-service restaurant and spa on-site, and no commute to the majority of Climate Week's SoMa events.
Check availability at InterContinental San Francisco
Financial District and Embarcadero: For Investor, Founder, and Corporate Events
In 2025, the Financial District hosted a distinct cluster of Climate Week events — Salesforce Tower, One Market Plaza, and waterfront venues at the Embarcadero — including the official Founder and Investor Happy Hour and corporate-hosted events at major Financial District offices. If your schedule is weighted toward finance, investment, and founder programming rather than the technical and startup tracks concentrated in SoMa, the Embarcadero is the more practical base.
It's approximately 1 mile from the core SoMa area — walkable in good weather, or a quick ride on the F Market streetcar.
Hotel Vitale, Autograph Collection (Embarcadero Waterfront)
On the Embarcadero waterfront, steps from the Ferry Building and the F Market streetcar for direct access to SoMa and Union Square. Rooftop terraces with Bay views. The practical choice if your 2026 Climate Week schedule ends up concentrated at Salesforce Tower, One Market Plaza, and Embarcadero waterfront venues rather than Moscone and SoMa.
SoMa vs Union Square vs Embarcadero: Which Area Is Best for Climate Week?
It depends on what your schedule looks like:
- Choose SoMa if most of your events are at Moscone, SFMOMA, Yerba Buena, or the dense cluster of climate and tech offices in the neighbourhood. You'll walk to most things and rarely need transit.
- Choose Union Square if your schedule mixes Climate Week events with meetings elsewhere in the city, or if SFO access matters — Powell BART is faster and cheaper to the airport than any SoMa option.
- Choose the Embarcadero if your events are concentrated at Salesforce Tower, One Market Plaza, or Ferry Building waterfront venues, and the extra mile to SoMa's core doesn't bother you.
Book Early — April Is a Busy Month in San Francisco
San Francisco has fewer hotel rooms relative to demand than most comparable US cities, and April is already a popular travel month before Climate Week is factored in. With the event expected to grow in 2026, SoMa and Union Square hotels will fill quickly.
- SoMa hotels within walking distance of Moscone — book now. These will be the tightest inventory of the week.
- Union Square — more supply than SoMa, but rates will move as April approaches.
- If you're attending on behalf of a company with an ESG travel policy, the Orchard Garden Hotel and InterContinental both hold published LEED certification — worth confirming directly with each property that credentials are current before booking.
Mission-Aligned Travel During San Francisco Climate Week
Climate Week exists to accelerate the transition away from fossil fuels — and at Dyme, that's exactly what we're working on too. We invest our profits in clean energy projects that provide communities with cheaper electricity, create jobs, and reduce reliance on fossil fuels, with a focus on solar installations for schools and hospitals worldwide. When you book your Climate Week accommodation through Dyme, your travel spend goes toward the same goal you're coming to San Francisco to advance. Become a Dyme member to unlock exclusive prices and support cleaner travel while you're at it.
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Where to Stay for San Francisco Climate Week: Best Areas and Hotels
San Francisco Climate Week runs April 18–26, 2026. Now in its fourth year, it's one of the largest climate-focused event weeks in the United States — a city-wide gathering of founders, investors, policymakers, scientists, and climate professionals working across clean energy, sustainable finance, carbon markets, nature-based solutions, and climate tech. It's not a single conference with a badge and a lanyard; it's hundreds of independently organised events hosted by the organisations that make up the Bay Area's climate ecosystem, open to anyone working in the space.
In 2025, the event attracted over 700 events and more than 25,000 attendees across the Bay Area — and 2026 is expected to build on that. Unlike a traditional conference with a single venue, events happen at offices, galleries, university campuses, and waterfront venues across the city, with SoMa and the Financial District hosting the highest concentration.
That means where you stay directly affects how much time you spend in transit versus actually at events. Most attendees will spend the majority of their time in SoMa and the Financial District — staying in either area, or in Union Square directly between them, puts nearly everything within walking distance or a short Muni ride.
Where Are Most San Francisco Climate Week Events Held?
SF Climate Week is deliberately decentralised — there's no single anchor venue. Events are hosted by the organisations running them, which in practice means they cluster wherever the Bay Area's climate, tech, and finance community is based. In 2025, that broke down as follows:
- SoMa — the official Energy Summit, and a dense concentration of satellite events at tech and climate offices. Moscone Center, SFMOMA, and Yerba Buena Center for the Arts are all here.
- Financial District — corporate forums at Salesforce Tower, One Market Plaza, and other Financial District offices, including the official Founder and Investor Happy Hour and waterfront events at the Embarcadero. 9Zero Climate Innovation Hub, which served as an official hub for 2025 programming, is also located here.
- Mission Bay — UCSF hosted sustainability and climate science programming during the week.
The 2026 event calendar will be live at sfclimateweek.org before the end of March — check it once published to confirm which specific events and venues are relevant to your schedule before booking.
Best Hotels in SoMa for San Francisco Climate Week
SoMa is where official Climate Week programming has been heaviest. In 2025, the Energy Summit and the majority of satellite events from climate and tech organisations were here — along with Moscone Center, SFMOMA, and Yerba Buena Center for the Arts within a few blocks of each other. That pattern is expected to continue in 2026.
Powell Street BART station is approximately 0.3 miles north of the core SoMa area — a five-minute walk — with direct service to SFO (approximately 30 minutes) and Oakland (approximately 20 minutes).
1 Hotel San Francisco (Mission Street, SoMa)
A sustainability-focused property at 8 Mission Street with LEED Gold certification, energy and waste reduction systems, and a restaurant sourcing from local and regional producers. It hosted Climate Week events directly in 2025 — if you're attending events here, you won't need to leave the building.
Hyatt Regency San Francisco Downtown SoMa
On Market Street, steps from Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Moscone Center, and SFMOMA. Participates in Hyatt's sustainability programs, with a restaurant focused on sustainable seafood. One of the most practically located hotels in the city for Climate Week attendees whose events are concentrated in SoMa.
Check availability at Hyatt Regency San Francisco Downtown SoMa
Canopy by Hilton San Francisco SoMa (Near Moscone Center)
Directly across from Moscone Center on 4th Street, with the Muni light rail stop right outside. A well-reviewed mid-range option if you want the shortest possible walk to SoMa's core Climate Week venues without paying luxury rates.
Explore Canopy by Hilton San Francisco SoMa
Hotel Zetta (Near Moscone & Powell BART)
A converted 1913 warehouse on Fifth Street, three blocks from Moscone and two blocks from Powell BART. Go-Green program with organic cotton linens, comprehensive recycling, and locally made furniture throughout. The Cavalier restaurant serves locally sourced contemporary American cuisine. A solid mid-range option if you want character and location without a luxury price.
Union Square Hotels for Climate Week: Best for Airport Access and Central Location
Union Square is approximately 0.5 miles from the heart of SoMa — a ten-minute walk or one Muni stop on the F, J, K, L, M, or N lines. If your schedule mixes Climate Week events with meetings elsewhere in the city, or if you're flying in and out of SFO, Union Square's position on Powell Street BART makes it faster and cheaper to manage than SoMa. Cable cars run from Powell Street to Fisherman's Wharf and Nob Hill for evenings out.
Orchard Garden Hotel (LEED-Certified, Near Powell BART)
San Francisco's first fully green-practices hotel, with LEED certification and Green Seal certification. Key-card master switches control all room electronics, cleaning products are Green Seal verified, and the hotel uses MERV 13 air filters throughout. Joya Restaurant serves organic California cuisine. Two blocks from Powell BART and a ten-minute walk to SoMa. If you're attending on behalf of a company with an ESG travel policy, the sustainability documentation here is among the most thorough of any hotel on this list.
The Westin St. Francis (Union Square Landmark Hotel)
A 1904 landmark directly on Union Square with Powell Street BART and cable cars outside the door. EV charging stations on-site and approximately a ten-minute walk to the SoMa Climate Week event cluster. The largest hotel on Union Square, which means more availability than most options on this list when the rest of the neighbourhood fills up.
Explore The Westin St. Francis
InterContinental San Francisco (LEED-Certified, Next to Moscone Center)
LEED-certified and directly adjacent to Moscone Center in SoMa, with energy-efficient systems and sustainability reporting that can streamline internal approvals for companies with ESG travel policies. Full-service restaurant and spa on-site, and no commute to the majority of Climate Week's SoMa events.
Check availability at InterContinental San Francisco
Financial District and Embarcadero: For Investor, Founder, and Corporate Events
In 2025, the Financial District hosted a distinct cluster of Climate Week events — Salesforce Tower, One Market Plaza, and waterfront venues at the Embarcadero — including the official Founder and Investor Happy Hour and corporate-hosted events at major Financial District offices. If your schedule is weighted toward finance, investment, and founder programming rather than the technical and startup tracks concentrated in SoMa, the Embarcadero is the more practical base.
It's approximately 1 mile from the core SoMa area — walkable in good weather, or a quick ride on the F Market streetcar.
Hotel Vitale, Autograph Collection (Embarcadero Waterfront)
On the Embarcadero waterfront, steps from the Ferry Building and the F Market streetcar for direct access to SoMa and Union Square. Rooftop terraces with Bay views. The practical choice if your 2026 Climate Week schedule ends up concentrated at Salesforce Tower, One Market Plaza, and Embarcadero waterfront venues rather than Moscone and SoMa.
SoMa vs Union Square vs Embarcadero: Which Area Is Best for Climate Week?
It depends on what your schedule looks like:
- Choose SoMa if most of your events are at Moscone, SFMOMA, Yerba Buena, or the dense cluster of climate and tech offices in the neighbourhood. You'll walk to most things and rarely need transit.
- Choose Union Square if your schedule mixes Climate Week events with meetings elsewhere in the city, or if SFO access matters — Powell BART is faster and cheaper to the airport than any SoMa option.
- Choose the Embarcadero if your events are concentrated at Salesforce Tower, One Market Plaza, or Ferry Building waterfront venues, and the extra mile to SoMa's core doesn't bother you.
Book Early — April Is a Busy Month in San Francisco
San Francisco has fewer hotel rooms relative to demand than most comparable US cities, and April is already a popular travel month before Climate Week is factored in. With the event expected to grow in 2026, SoMa and Union Square hotels will fill quickly.
- SoMa hotels within walking distance of Moscone — book now. These will be the tightest inventory of the week.
- Union Square — more supply than SoMa, but rates will move as April approaches.
- If you're attending on behalf of a company with an ESG travel policy, the Orchard Garden Hotel and InterContinental both hold published LEED certification — worth confirming directly with each property that credentials are current before booking.
Mission-Aligned Travel During San Francisco Climate Week
Climate Week exists to accelerate the transition away from fossil fuels — and at Dyme, that's exactly what we're working on too. We invest our profits in clean energy projects that provide communities with cheaper electricity, create jobs, and reduce reliance on fossil fuels, with a focus on solar installations for schools and hospitals worldwide. When you book your Climate Week accommodation through Dyme, your travel spend goes toward the same goal you're coming to San Francisco to advance. Become a Dyme member to unlock exclusive prices and support cleaner travel while you're at it.
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