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Santa Monica, CA vs Sarasota, FL

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Highlights
- Sarasota has 308.8% more rainy days than Santa Monica.
- Sarasota has 10.7% less Sunny Days than Santa Monica.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Sarasota scores 26.1% worse than Santa Monica

Climate
 Santa Monica, CASarasota, FLUnited States
 Rainfall145638
 Snowfall0028
 Precipitation30106106
 Sunny281251205
 Avg. July High749186
 Avg. Jan. Low495122
 Comfort Index (higher=better)9.26.87
 UV Index6.26.74.3
 Elevation105202443

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Reviews for Santa Monica    24 Reviews

I moved here to Santa Monica over 10 years ago from Oklahoma City. I was surprised to see that Oklahoma City was ranked higher than Santa Monica on best places. I  More

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I've lived in Santa Monica for over 30 years. It's a Mediterranean climate--sunny and temperate when the rest of the country is under snow! I am walking distance to  More

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I have lived in this city for 4 decades, and it is never been worse than it is now. It is a dangerous disgusting hell hole. Between the crime, the homeless that are not  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 SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA
90405 90403 90404 90402 90401
ZIPS IN SARASOTA, FLORIDA
34234 34237 34239 34236

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