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Fort Collins, CO vs Ridgecrest, CA

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Highlights
- Ridgecrest has 65.4% less rainy days than Fort Collins.
- Ridgecrest has 17.7% more Sunny Days than Fort Collins.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Ridgecrest scores 8.3% better than Fort Collins

Climate
 Fort Collins, CORidgecrest, CAUnited States
 Rainfall16538
 Snowfall48028
 Precipitation9020106
 Sunny237279205
 Avg. July High8710386
 Avg. Jan. Low153222
 Comfort Index (higher=better)7.27.87
 UV Index4.75.64.3
 Elevation500322902443

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Reviews for Fort Collins    71 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

Moved my family here a few months ago and have been so disappointed. Housing is dismal - you get low quality and almost nothing for what you’re paying. The house we’re  More

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Over 3 years ago

There is a high cost of living in all of Colorado, and there is a train that runs through the town a honks its horn for about 5 min straight which is very annoying  More

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My family established our home in Larimer County in 1973; this area, Fort Collins, was a quaint, western-ish town we loved to visit. So I’ve visited FoCo multiple times  More

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Reviews for Ridgecrest    7 Reviews

For context, I grew up in Ridgecrest and moved away after graduating high school. I have since lived in LA and the Bay Area but I visit RC often. RC is in the high  More

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Ridgecrest and Kern County are red state bastions in a land of blue voting counties. If you want a concealed weapons permit, you'll get it. Want to own any firearm  More

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Over 12 years ago

The hardest thing to get used to in Ridgecrest is the weather. It can get quite windy. And hot. 115 hot. But it's a dry heat! It does cool off in the evening, and it  More

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ZIPS IN FORT COLLINS, COLORADO
80525 80526 80521 80524 80528
ZIPS IN RIDGECREST, CALIFORNIA
93555

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