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Boise City, ID vs Des Moines, IA

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- Des Moines has 176.2% more rainy days than Boise City.
- Des Moines has 1.0% less Sunny Days than Boise City.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Des Moines scores 5.5% worse than Boise City
 Boise City, IDDes Moines, IAUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock3638
 Snowfall18  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock108106
 Sunny206  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock8686
 Avg. Jan. Low24  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock6.97
 UV Index4.1  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock8732443
Reviews for Boise City    131 Reviews

The people that made Boise the really appealing small-town America kind of place it was 30-40 years ago are gone. I moved here about 30 years ago. I'm not immediately  More

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My wife and I moved here in 2018 with pans to eventually buy a house and start a family. We bought a house at the end of 2019, if we hadn't there's no way we could  More

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Boise is often characterized as a right-leaning city, as Sperling mistakenly did in their synopsis of Boise. But, the truth is the city its not just blue; it is deep,  More

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Reviews for Des Moines    53 Reviews

Des Moines is a ok and pretty quiet place but as a teen it could be dramatic because Des Moines do have is fair or violents places to avoid in Des Moines would be the  More

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Over 5 years ago

This city is violent, there are too many gangs especially on the north  More

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Over 6 years ago

Good for the old that like slow pace and cheap buffets. Also good for non-descript mid-westerners that don't like a lot of action. No nightlife or mountains to hike  More

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