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Arlington, WA vs Chico, CA

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- Chico has 33.0% less rainy days than Arlington.
- Chico has 55.6% more Sunny Days than Arlington.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Chico scores 12.5% better than Arlington
 Arlington, WAChico, CAUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock2838
 Snowfall5  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock65106
 Sunny160  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock9486
 Avg. Jan. Low35  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock8.17
 UV Index2.7  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock1972443
Reviews for Arlington    4 Reviews

Over 9 years ago

Arlington is a nice area, however the property taxes are very high. We built a home here in 2015 . The home is similar to the one we lived in in Arlington's "twin" city  More

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Arlington is north of Seattle. Like the entire Greater Seattle area, the quality of life is easy going. The weather is generally gentle all year long. A little snow in  More

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Over 17 years ago

We live on the West side of I-5, area known as Smokey Point/Lakewood/7 Lakes. As do several other family members. The area still has a very rural feeling without driving  More

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Reviews for Chico    31 Reviews

Chico is imperfect like most places, but it's still good. Any and all of it's issues proceed from it's main fault of growing increasingly liberal, which is to be  More

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Over 4 years ago

Chico's decent. I've been living here for ~5 years now. Eveen though my brother loves Chico and would like to stay, I would like to leave. I have no issues with crime or  More

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I was born in Oroville and I grew up in Oroville and Biggs. I have heard all my life about crime in chico. Well I have lived in Chico near Chapman for almost 10 years  More

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