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Thornton, CO vs Santa Maria, CA

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Highlights
- Santa Maria has 6.5% more rainy days than Thornton.
- Santa Maria has 14.3% more Sunny Days than Thornton.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Santa Maria scores 20.5% better than Thornton

Climate
 Thornton, COSanta Maria, CAUnited States
 Rainfall161738
 Snowfall46028
 Precipitation7746106
 Sunny245280205
 Avg. July High907686
 Avg. Jan. Low183922
 Comfort Index (higher=better)7.38.87
 UV Index5.15.74.3
 Elevation53482172443

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Reviews for Thornton    5 Reviews

Good place. Very suburbany (similar to the Springs). The houses are very small and old and yet still very expensive (albeit cheaper than southern Denver). Actually lots  More

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Over 4 years ago

I like Denver metro, but some cities aren’t too great. Thornton being one of them. Moved here because of highway access, and convenience to DIA for business travel. Am  More

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Over 9 years ago

The quality of life here in not good. The traffic is bad all the time. To try to get to the mountains takes forever! Also most lakes along the front range you can't even  More

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Reviews for Santa Maria    12 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

I live in Orcutt which is a town of around 35,000 on the south side of Santa Maria. Santa Maria has, as everyone has noted, the best climate in the world. It never  More

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I have lived in Santa Maria / Orcutt for several years, but it is time to leave. I have no issues with the weather. Our climate is mild and comfortable with no extremes.  More

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The weather is very mild without a huge temperature change with the seasons. The winters are chilly but not cold and the summers are warm but not hot. Of course there  More

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ZIPS IN THORNTON, COLORADO
80229 80260 80241 80602
ZIPS IN SANTA MARIA, CALIFORNIA
93458 93454

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