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Asheville, NC vs Rochester, MN

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- Rochester has 22.4% less rainy days than Asheville.
- Rochester has 15.1% less Sunny Days than Asheville.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Rochester scores 14.5% worse than Asheville
 Asheville, NCRochester, MNUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock3438
 Snowfall10  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock109106
 Sunny212  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock8286
 Avg. Jan. Low25  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock6.57
 UV Index4.8  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock10242443
Reviews for Asheville    117 Reviews

Lived around this city my entire life, and have spent countless hours in every part of it- at one point, Asheville was the place to be, it had a high standard of living,  More

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Scotty · 

Asheville has changed dramatically over the pass twenty years . At one time downtown and the charming family friendly neighborhoods within, reminded me of The Waltons  More

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This city is very deceiving. Small but if you look close you see big liberal city problems in this town. Mainly because it is overwhelming liberal. Far left liberals.  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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