2024 Compare Cities Climate:
Burlington, VT vs Rochester, MN

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Highlights
- Rochester has 5.3% less rainy days than Burlington.
- Rochester has 14.6% more Sunny Days than Burlington.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Rochester scores 3.2% better than Burlington
 Burlington, VTRochester, MNUnited States
 Rainfall363438
 Snowfall724828
 Precipitation149109106
 Sunny157180205
 Avg. July High818286
 Avg. Jan. Low9522
 Comfort Index (higher=better)6.36.57
 UV Index33.24.3
 Elevation19710242443
Reviews for Burlington    32 Reviews

The good: beautiful, safe, walkable downtown, outdoors nearby. The bad: the woke nonsense is overwhelming, winters are long and brutal, dating scene is beyond  More

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Having lived in the Burlington VT area for more than a decade, I wish I would have done my research before relocating. Yes, VT has some great draws- but the cons far out  More

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Over 7 years ago

If your a hippie you'll love Burlington! The grass is green all year round.  More

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Reviews for Rochester    31 Reviews

Roch (and Minnesota) is a great place IF you live off the govt dole; subsidize undesirable things (through generous welfare benefits, lax law enforcement and sentences,  More

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Rochester is very vanilla. As a progressive, this place is not good. The area leans conservative and you'll see Trump signs everywhere... so that tells you the type of  More

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Over 4 years ago

I moved here over 20 years ago from California and I was in shock for the first couple of years that people actually lived in such a cold climate! Winter starts around  More

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