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Alameda, CA vs Sarasota, FL

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Highlights
- Sarasota has 155.7% more rainy days than Alameda.
- Sarasota has 3.1% less Sunny Days than Alameda.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Sarasota scores 21.8% worse than Alameda
 Alameda, CASarasota, FLUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock5638
 Snowfall0  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock106106
 Sunny259  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock9186
 Avg. Jan. Low44  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock6.87
 UV Index5.4  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock202443
Reviews for Alameda    6 Reviews

Over 8 years ago

Having been born here & 70 now I have watched firsthand, a small, quiet town ruined by excessive building, overcrowding and far too many restaurants for a city this  More

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Enjoy the immense benefit to having a close-knit community with main-street USA feel less than 10 miles from the resources of several urban and education  More

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Alameda, CA is a unique town here in the Bay Area. Perhaps because it is an island, or perhaps because for many decades it was a U.S. Army base, the city has never  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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