2024 Compare Cities Climate:
Bakersfield, CA vs Sarasota, FL

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Highlights
- Sarasota has 677.8% more rainy days than Bakersfield.
- Sarasota has 7.7% less Sunny Days than Bakersfield.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Sarasota scores 16.0% worse than Bakersfield
 Bakersfield, CASarasota, FLUnited States
 Rainfall75638
 Snowfall0028
 Precipitation38106106
 Sunny272251205
 Avg. July High979186
 Avg. Jan. Low385122
 Comfort Index (higher=better)8.16.87
 UV Index5.66.74.3
 Elevation404202443
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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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 Sarasota    105 Reviews

Sarasota is my home from birth but those of us who have lived here long enough to have seen the devolution of what was once an easy to navigate, clean, low crime beach  More

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Starting to love Sarasota: Wife and I moved to Osprey- a small suburb between Sarasota and Venice. We're about 13 miles to downtown Sarasota, so not "city dwellers".   More

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As always, anyone considering moving to anyplace new, including Sarasota, needs to come down and spend a month or two before actually moving here. The city is overrun  More

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