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Bakersfield, CA vs Charleston, SC

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Highlights
- Charleston has 570.8% more rainy days than Bakersfield.
- Charleston has 23.2% less Sunny Days than Bakersfield.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Charleston scores 11.1% worse than Bakersfield
 Bakersfield, CACharleston, SCUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock4838
 Snowfall0  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock106106
 Sunny272  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock9086
 Avg. Jan. Low38  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock7.27
 UV Index5.6  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock102443
Reviews for Bakersfield    75 Reviews

I am a millennial, born and raised here. As someone who wrestled with staying for years, there are a lot of valid reasons to not come to Bakersfield. Air quality, summer  More

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Over 4 years ago

I have lived here all of my life. 40+ years. It used to be fun and kinda safe but now it is so scary to go outside. We are literally a homeless dumping ground and there  More

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I moved here from Seattle 25 years ago, when it had a population of 200,000, and practically the only place to get coffee was a place called “Duke’s Ranch”. Why did I  More

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Reviews for Charleston    76 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

Charleston is beautiful and unique and incredibly special. If you don't believe me, just ask Anthony Bourdain in his Parts Unknown episode - and he was an insightful  More

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Serious lack of health care and "good old boys club" whereby doctors will not even see the patient but diagnose them based on referring doctor. My sister died there for  More

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Over 5 years ago

Boy, has this once beautiful town changed...for the worse! I initially moved here 20 years ago because the people were so nice, no traffic, great choice of hospitals,  More

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