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Fairfax, VA vs Richmond, CA

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Highlights
- Richmond has 34.2% less rainy days than Fairfax.
- Richmond has 32.3% more Sunny Days than Fairfax.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Richmond scores 17.8% better than Fairfax

Climate
 Fairfax, VARichmond, CAUnited States
 Rainfall432838
 Snowfall22028
 Precipitation11965106
 Sunny198262205
 Avg. July High867586
 Avg. Jan. Low244322
 Comfort Index (higher=better)7.38.67
 UV Index4.35.44.3
 Elevation433462443

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Reviews for Fairfax    28 Reviews

I lived in the area for 17 years through high school until I eventually became a truck driver. Having now seen most states extensively, I wanted to fairly review what  More

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Living in Fairfax, or any of the Northern Virginia suburbs of DC, means dealing with highways that are a Gordian knot of converging lanes and overpasses, making long  More

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Over 9 years ago

The Cost of living here is high. Though the standard of living is also high, unless you're making over 50,000/year, it's difficult to both live and build any sort of  More

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Reviews for Richmond    9 Reviews

I've lived in Richmond since 2014. I find that for proximity to the rest of the East Bay, Marin county, and San Francisco it's a tremendous location. We moved here from  More

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Over 4 years ago

Grown up around all my life, and lived for the past 3 years. Diverse in the worst kinda way (the way that will get you robbed or assaulted). The epicenter of the  More

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I've lived here for more than half of my life, and never want to leave. The weather is nearly perfect. The population is very racially diverse and people for the most  More

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ZIPS IN FAIRFAX, VIRGINIA
22030
ZIPS IN RICHMOND, CALIFORNIA
94804 94801 94805

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