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Raleigh, NC vs Rochester, MN

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Highlights
- Rochester has 26.0% less rainy days than Raleigh.
- Rochester has 15.5% less Sunny Days than Raleigh.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Rochester scores 13.3% worse than Raleigh

Climate
 Raleigh, NCRochester, MNUnited States
 Rainfall463438
 Snowfall44828
 Precipitation108109106
 Sunny213180205
 Avg. July High908286
 Avg. Jan. Low30522
 Comfort Index (higher=better)7.56.57
 UV Index4.93.24.3
 Elevation31510242443

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Reviews for Raleigh    224 Reviews

I moved to Raleigh in 2018. Before that, I lived in Orange County CA, Boulder CO, South Africa, Northern California, Arizona, and Toronto. I say all this to give  More

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Excellent for a great many people or categories of people. As far as prices: ratio of wage and job opportunity here with housing remains one of the better ones in the  More

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Over 1 years ago

I attended university here in the early 90s and came back around 2005 and never left. I'm surprised at the other negative reviews honestly. Yes, housing is pricey in  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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ZIPS IN RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA
27610, 27603, 27616, 27604, 27606, 27613, 27615, 27612, 27614, 27609, 15 total
ZIPS IN ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA
55901 55904 55902 55906 55905

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