2025 Compare Cities Climate:
Albany, CA vs Mountain View, CA

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Highlights
- Mountain View has 38.5% less rainy days than Albany.
- Mountain View has 2.3% less Sunny Days than Albany.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Mountain View scores 1.1% better than Albany
 Albany, CAMountain View, CAUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock1638
 Snowfall0  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock62106
 Sunny262  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock7986
 Avg. Jan. Low43  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock8.87
 UV Index5.4  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock1052443
Reviews for Albany    4 Reviews

Albany is one of the best places to live not only in California but the USA. Niche 2023 has ranked Albany the number one suburb in California and is consistently in the  More

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Over 13 years ago

Like many places in the Bay Area, there are some mixed-race couples and gay couples in Albany. What is really striking, though, is the number of families where both  More

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Albany was originally built as a railroad workers' town. So the bad news is that nearly every house was originally two, or at most three, bedrooms with one bath, about  More

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Reviews for Mountain View    15 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

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I've lived here 25 years. Perfect climate. Very central for employment opportunities. Really great schools. 45 min to San Fran, 45 min to Santa Cruz beach. Shoreline  More

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Over 15 years ago

I was born and raised in Mountain View. I used to really like this city, and California. Unfortunately, the city (along with the state) has been over run with high  More

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