2024 Compare Cities Climate:
Bemidji, MN vs Rochester, MN

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Highlights
- Rochester has 27.0% more rainy days than Bemidji.
- Rochester has 1.1% less Sunny Days than Bemidji.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Rochester scores 6.6% better than Bemidji
 Bemidji, MNRochester, MNUnited States
 Rainfall273438
 Snowfall454828
 Precipitation104109106
 Sunny182180205
 Avg. July High788286
 Avg. Jan. Low-5522
 Comfort Index (higher=better)6.16.57
 UV Index2.93.24.3
 Elevation136810242443
Reviews for Bemidji    4 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

Cons. Winter is long, very cold. Not a lot to do (unless you are very into the outdoors) Health care is TERRIBLE. Decent job opportunities are very low. Not the safest  More

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Bemidji, Minn., is home to Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox, USA curling teams and more art and theater than you'd think possible in a city of 13,000-plus. Downtown  More

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Over 16 years ago

Winters here can be very cold and you can generally look for a good amount of snow for winter  More

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Reviews for Rochester    31 Reviews

Roch (and Minnesota) is a great place IF you live off the govt dole; subsidize undesirable things (through generous welfare benefits, lax law enforcement and sentences,  More

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Rochester is very vanilla. As a progressive, this place is not good. The area leans conservative and you'll see Trump signs everywhere... so that tells you the type of  More

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Over 4 years ago

I moved here over 20 years ago from California and I was in shock for the first couple of years that people actually lived in such a cold climate! Winter starts around  More

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