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Lakeland, FL vs Sarasota, FL

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Highlights
- Sarasota has 5.7% more rainy days than Lakeland.
- Sarasota has 4.6% more Sunny Days than Lakeland.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Sarasota scores 1.5% better than Lakeland

Climate
 Lakeland, FLSarasota, FLUnited States
 Rainfall535638
 Snowfall0028
 Precipitation115106106
 Sunny240251205
 Avg. July High929186
 Avg. Jan. Low505122
 Comfort Index (higher=better)6.76.87
 UV Index6.66.74.3
 Elevation194202443

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Reviews for Lakeland    27 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

I used to live in Lakeland, It is hot, humid, crowded and getting more crowded, Most of the people are rude and unfriendly. I was born in the area and visit sometimes to  More

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Over 3 years ago

been there a few times i love it and i a m planning to ove this  More

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Over 6 years ago

Perhas if one is from this area, it is different I don't know. It is so dull and seems comfortable being so. There isn't much of a variety of people here, which I   More

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Reviews for Sarasota    105 Reviews

Sarasota is my home from birth but those of us who have lived here long enough to have seen the devolution of what was once an easy to navigate, clean, low crime beach  More

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Starting to love Sarasota: Wife and I moved to Osprey- a small suburb between Sarasota and Venice. We're about 13 miles to downtown Sarasota, so not "city dwellers".   More

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As always, anyone considering moving to anyplace new, including Sarasota, needs to come down and spend a month or two before actually moving here. The city is overrun  More

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ZIPS IN LAKELAND, FLORIDA
33810 33801 33809 33803 33805 33815
ZIPS IN SARASOTA, FLORIDA
34234 34237 34239 34236

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