2025 Compare Cities Climate:
Bakersfield, CA vs Silver City, NM

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Highlights
- Silver City has 140.3% more rainy days than Bakersfield.
- Silver City has 8.5% more Sunny Days than Bakersfield.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Silver City scores 0.0% worse than Bakersfield
 Bakersfield, CASilver City, NMUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock1738
 Snowfall0  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock68106
 Sunny272  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock8786
 Avg. Jan. Low38  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock8.17
 UV Index5.6  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock59352443
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 Silver City    13 Reviews

I bought here 1 year ago and live in the historical downtown. Crime is not a problem for us but we know crime happens here though the city is very tight knit about  More

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Over 1 years ago

Never been here but like looking for small towns to consider living in. Quite sadly they all seem to have the highest crime rates both violent and property crime. Where  More

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We moved to SC about a year ago. People are genuinely friendly-we actually have dinner in each other’s homes in our neighborhood. Historic downtown is quirky and fun  More

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