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Battle Creek, MI vs Bakersfield, CA

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- Bakersfield has 80.1% less rainy days than Battle Creek.
- Bakersfield has 63.9% more Sunny Days than Battle Creek.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Bakersfield scores 20.9% better than Battle Creek
 Battle Creek, MIBakersfield, CAUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock738
 Snowfall53  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock38106
 Sunny166  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock9786
 Avg. Jan. Low17  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock8.17
 UV Index3.2  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock4042443
Reviews for Battle Creek    11 Reviews

Over 13 years ago

you need to really pay attention to the neighborhood you select. There are some great older neighborhoods with fantastic houses in the city, but those might only be one  More

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Over 13 years ago

Battle Creek is moderately ok in the summer months but any other time it is cold or cloudy and unpleasant. You better have warm clothes to survive the cold winter that  More

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Over 16 years ago

Battle Creek is a great place to raise a family. Sometimes hard to get people to move here but once here nobody wants to leave. Summers are absolutely beautiful. Yes  More

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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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