2025 Compare Cities Climate:
Carbondale, IL vs Wasilla, AK

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Highlights
- Wasilla has 66.4% less rainy days than Carbondale.
- Wasilla has 40.7% less Sunny Days than Carbondale.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Wasilla scores 20.8% worse than Carbondale
 Carbondale, ILWasilla, AKUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock1538
 Snowfall10  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock95106
 Sunny216  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock6786
 Avg. Jan. Low24  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock5.77
 UV Index4.3  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock3412443
Reviews for Carbondale    7 Reviews

I've lived in C'dale for over 30 years. I got an excellent education here - Giant City School was great, though fairly insular and not very diverse (among its drawbacks  More

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Over 17 years ago

I like Carbondale. It is relaxing and an easy way to go about getting a college degree. It has its ups and downs, mainly with the people in the town not recognizing the  More

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All of the comments are negative here and seem to me to be misleading. The idea that you have to have a lot of money in Carbondale is ridiculous. The price of cultural  More

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Reviews for Wasilla    7 Reviews

I've lived in Wasilla for two years so far and I love it. I have no problems with the valley. I live about 10 minutes south of the center of town in Wasilla and bought  More

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Previously lived for many years in Eagle River, Alaska. Moved to Wasilla almost 6 years ago now. The Wasilla cityscape is littered with aging strip malls and  More

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The main reason I’m commenting is to point out a glaring error in this website’s data. School funding is not $5,700 per year as this site reports. It is likely double  More

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