2025 Compare Cities Climate:
Bakersfield, CA vs Portland, ME

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Highlights
- Portland has 579.2% more rainy days than Bakersfield.
- Portland has 25.4% less Sunny Days than Bakersfield.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Portland scores 19.8% worse than Bakersfield
 Bakersfield, CAPortland, MEUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock4938
 Snowfall0  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock128106
 Sunny272  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock7986
 Avg. Jan. Low38  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock6.57
 UV Index5.6  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock622443
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 Portland    35 Reviews

Used to be great before the pandemic. Now people from out of state have ruined it by paying New York prices for real estate site unseen. Why would you live in Maine when  More

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Over 4 years ago

I have never lived here but the lack of Jimmy John’s is depressing and makes me wish I was deceased.  More

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Reggie · 
Over 7 years ago

I found out I was allergic to corn on the cob here. I would give Portland twelve thumbs downs if I could. My friend told me there was a subway here and I thought he  More

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