2025 Compare Cities Climate:
Birmingham, AL vs Richmond, KY

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Highlights
- Richmond has 16.9% less rainy days than Birmingham.
- Richmond has 11.7% less Sunny Days than Birmingham.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Richmond scores 0.0% worse than Birmingham
 Birmingham, ALRichmond, KYUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock4638
 Snowfall1  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock119106
 Sunny213  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock8686
 Avg. Jan. Low32  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock7.37
 UV Index5.2  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock9482443
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 Richmond    4 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

Keep this between us... Richmond is a hidden gem. A small university town close to a large city (Lexington is 30 minutes away) and less than two hour from very large  More

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For a smallish town, Richmond offers a convenient location and great small restaurants. Fortunately it is also wedged between Lexington and little Berea, both with more  More

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Over 16 years ago

Major university town of small size (30,000), and conveniently located 30 miles from Lexington,  More

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