2025 Compare Cities Climate:
Berkeley, CA vs Iowa City, IA

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Highlights
- Iowa City has 44.7% more rainy days than Berkeley.
- Iowa City has 22.3% less Sunny Days than Berkeley.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Iowa City scores 18.6% worse than Berkeley
 Berkeley, CAIowa City, IAUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock3738
 Snowfall0  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock98106
 Sunny256  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock8586
 Avg. Jan. Low44  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock77
 UV Index5.4  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock6662443
Reviews for Berkeley    14 Reviews

Have lived in Berkeley for about 35 years now. Housing/Real Estate: If you're looking to move here, $1,000,000 will get you a small cottage in the "flats". Most of  More

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Over 12 years ago

We have the best climate -- summers and winters are mild. Lots of  More

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Over 14 years ago

The 60's have left Berkeley and now it is about MONEY...and the people there have plenty of it and nice hybrid cars (looks like 2 per household) and with a great bicycle  More

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Reviews for Iowa City    24 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

I was there 5 years. Nothing to do but we’ll go shopping... at Walmart. It lacks so many things. There is no experience here, it jumps on any political band wagon and  More

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Over 5 years ago

Entertainment lacks greatly - especially the Hancher shows. I was hoping after they rebuilt they would be getting better shows there, that didn't happen. One has to  More

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Over 7 years ago

Iowa City is great. It's diverse and never boring. There always a variety of new shops and restaurants to explore and try out. Also watching college kids do stupid  More

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