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Alexandria, VA vs Rochester, MN

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- Rochester has 21.2% less rainy days than Alexandria.
- Rochester has 10.4% less Sunny Days than Alexandria.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Rochester scores 11.0% worse than Alexandria
 Alexandria, VARochester, MNUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock3438
 Snowfall14  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock109106
 Sunny201  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock8286
 Avg. Jan. Low27  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock6.57
 UV Index4.1  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock10242443
Reviews for Alexandria    49 Reviews

Old Town Alexandria is a charming port city, with lovely historic homes, fun restaurants and sweet shops. Its easy proximity to the hustle and bustle of DC offer  More

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Alexandria is different depending on what part of it you are in. There is a huge strata of rich and poor, with a few middle class neighborhoods in between. Old town is  More

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The mailing address in this area is Alexandria, or Engleside. Either way, it's SE Fairfax County between Fort Belvoir and Mount Vernon. The neighborhood has been here  More

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Reviews for Rochester    31 Reviews

Roch (and Minnesota) is a great place IF you live off the govt dole; subsidize undesirable things (through generous welfare benefits, lax law enforcement and sentences,  More

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Rochester is very vanilla. As a progressive, this place is not good. The area leans conservative and you'll see Trump signs everywhere... so that tells you the type of  More

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Over 5 years ago

I moved here over 20 years ago from California and I was in shock for the first couple of years that people actually lived in such a cold climate! Winter starts around  More

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