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Rapid City, SD vs Elko, NV

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Highlights
- Elko has 41.2% less rainy days than Rapid City.
- Elko has 2.2% more Sunny Days than Rapid City.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Elko scores 2.9% worse than Rapid City

Climate
 Rapid City, SDElko, NVUnited States
 Rainfall181138
 Snowfall383928
 Precipitation8574106
 Sunny226231205
 Avg. July High859086
 Avg. Jan. Low141222
 Comfort Index (higher=better)76.87
 UV Index4.64.14.3
 Elevation324150662443

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Reviews for Rapid City    31 Reviews

I have lived in this city for the last three and half years and I can't stand it!! Let me spell it out for you, but to be fair, let me give you the Pros first:  More

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Unless you made your pension out of state or already bought a home you can't afford to liver there. Rapid City is gray in winter.  More

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Over 3 years ago

I've lived in the city 5 years a loved  More

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Reviews for Elko    4 Reviews

Elko is like all small Nevada towns - limited in many things and the only change as far as the eye can see are over priced housing starts, drugs and crime. I really like  More

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Over 15 years ago

Spent my teen years in Elko & my parents still live there. It is extremely isolated. Life revolves around the mining industry. The old ranching families that live  More

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Over 16 years ago

Elko has an economy that is fairly typical of mining areas, that is, boom and bust. I've lived here for about 16 or so years. It's boomed tremendously twice and busted  More

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ZIPS IN RAPID CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA
57701 57702
ZIPS IN ELKO, NEVADA
89801

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