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Albany, CA vs Scottsdale, AZ

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Highlights
- Scottsdale has 58.3% less rainy days than Albany.
- Scottsdale has 14.1% more Sunny Days than Albany.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Scottsdale scores 16.1% worse than Albany
 Albany, CAScottsdale, AZUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock1138
 Snowfall0  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock38106
 Sunny262  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock10486
 Avg. Jan. Low43  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock7.37
 UV Index5.4  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock12572443
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 Scottsdale    84 Reviews

It's been a long time since I visited Scottsdale after visiting a few times a decade ago. It used to be more of an area that deserved it's punchlines for being stuck up  More

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Over 1 years ago

My son went to ASU in '99 which is how we ended up here from Northern Illinois. Over the years we came out for vacations and bought a second home until we finally made  More

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I lived in San Jose for 30 years...in the late '50s. I walked thru cherry orchards to school. After college classes, I drove 20 minutes to the beach. San Francisco was  More

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