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Birmingham, AL vs Decatur, IL

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Highlights
- Decatur has 29.1% less rainy days than Birmingham.
- Decatur has 6.6% less Sunny Days than Birmingham.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Decatur scores 1.4% worse than Birmingham
 Birmingham, ALDecatur, ILUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock4038
 Snowfall1  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock104106
 Sunny213  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock8786
 Avg. Jan. Low32  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock7.27
 UV Index5.2  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock6762443
Reviews for Birmingham    25 Reviews

Birmingham is better than ever, meaning it is beginning to gain half of the stuff a normal city of its size has. The food scene is definitely an exception and is above  More

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Lived in the Birmingham for years. The small city was divided by the historical train tracks into the north half and the south one. The north section was the  More

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Over 5 years ago

I moved to Birmingham 6.5 years ago for a new job. The city is very boring in my opinion, there isn't much to do over the weekend except shopping or eating out. Summer  More

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Reviews for Decatur    14 Reviews

I was sent here by the company I worked for in the '90's and was not initially impressed with midwest living. However, over the years I got used to living in the "Pride  More

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I grew up in Decatur and I still have family there, but it depresses me to see what it has become. It has a high unemployment rate, many business have closed or are run  More

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Over 14 years ago

If you enjoy drinking & driving, Decatur's fifteen drive-thru liquor windows, three times the # of drive-thru's than the ten largest cities in Illinois, COMBINED, will  More

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