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Bloomington, IL vs Iowa City, IA

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- Iowa City has 6.3% less rainy days than Bloomington.
- Iowa City has 2.6% more Sunny Days than Bloomington.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Iowa City scores 0.0% worse than Bloomington
 Bloomington, ILIowa City, IAUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock3738
 Snowfall21  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock98106
 Sunny194  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock8586
 Avg. Jan. Low15  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock77
 UV Index3.7  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock6662443
Reviews for Bloomington    18 Reviews

If you're not from here it might be hard to figure out that Bloomington and Normal are actually one city mushed together, so make sure you look up info on Normal, IL  More

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Over 12 years ago

Bloomington-Normal as a city is full of resturants and movie theaters. The downtown bar scene is dominated by ISU, IWU, and HCC students. The colleges can have some fun  More

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Bloomington-Normal as a city is full of resturants and movie theaters. The downtown bar scene is dominated by ISU, IWU, and HCC students. The colleges can have some fun  More

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Reviews for Iowa City    24 Reviews

Over 6 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 6 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 8 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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