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Boise City, ID vs Palmer, AK

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- Palmer has 6.9% more rainy days than Boise City.
- Palmer has 36.9% less Sunny Days than Boise City.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Palmer scores 19.2% worse than Boise City
 Boise City, IDPalmer, AKUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock1438
 Snowfall18  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock85106
 Sunny206  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock6886
 Avg. Jan. Low24  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock5.97
 UV Index4.1  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock2492443
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 Palmer    3 Reviews

The first time I saw Palmer was in 1974. It's grown up from the old days of farm country complete with 4-H clubs, fields of crops and livestock. Gone are most of the  More

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Over 19 years ago

The four months of cold and dark. Winter lasts about 8 months, but the real cold, dark lasts about 4 months. It is getting harder and harder to deal with as I get  More

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Over 19 years ago

I have lived in Palmer for 11 years. I love everything about it except about four months of the dark, cold winters. The people are  More

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