2025 Compare Cities Climate:
Birmingham, AL vs Portland, ME

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Highlights
- Portland has 12.2% less rainy days than Birmingham.
- Portland has 4.7% less Sunny Days than Birmingham.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Portland scores 11.0% worse than Birmingham
 Birmingham, ALPortland, MEUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock4938
 Snowfall1  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock128106
 Sunny213  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock7986
 Avg. Jan. Low32  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock6.57
 UV Index5.2  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock622443
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 Portland    35 Reviews

Used to be great before the pandemic. Now people from out of state have ruined it by paying New York prices for real estate site unseen. Why would you live in Maine when  More

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Over 4 years ago

I have never lived here but the lack of Jimmy John’s is depressing and makes me wish I was deceased.  More

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Reggie · 
Over 7 years ago

I found out I was allergic to corn on the cob here. I would give Portland twelve thumbs downs if I could. My friend told me there was a subway here and I thought he  More

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