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Alamosa, CO vs Monterey, CA

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- Monterey has 109.2% more rainy days than Alamosa.
- Monterey has 5.3% less Sunny Days than Alamosa.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Monterey scores 18.6% better than Alamosa
 Alamosa, COMonterey, CAUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock1838
 Snowfall30  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock68106
 Sunny282  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock6786
 Avg. Jan. Low-2  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock8.37
 UV Index5.2  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock262443
Reviews for Alamosa    5 Reviews

Rating 1 out of 5 This place is absolutely Crawling with meth and heroin addicts. They roam the streets, they constantly knock on your door asking for rides and money.  More

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If want to retire in a nice, quiet place where you can live in isolation, you have a steady stream of income from an outside source, you don't have anything valuable  More

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Over 12 years ago

Honestly Alamosa is probably the worst place ever..It sucks..Especially being African-American here..The people show signs of racism which is confusing to me seeing that  More

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Reviews for Monterey    21 Reviews

Over 8 years ago

The Monterey city area is an excellent place to live and one of the few California locales where it's relatively safe to raise a family. If I could no longer live here I  More

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I grew up on the Monterey Peninsula and had to leave to climb out of poverty. The median income is $35,000 and outside of the military, the jobs are mostly service  More

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My husband and I are just crazy about Monterey. I wonder if we take housing expenses (mortgage or rent) out of the picture, is Monterey still a very expensive city to  More

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