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Carlsbad, NM vs Rochester, MN

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- Rochester has 153.0% more rainy days than Carlsbad.
- Rochester has 35.3% less Sunny Days than Carlsbad.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Rochester scores 18.8% worse than Carlsbad
 Carlsbad, NMRochester, MNUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock3438
 Snowfall5  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock109106
 Sunny278  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock8286
 Avg. Jan. Low28  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock6.57
 UV Index6.6  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock10242443
Reviews for Carlsbad    16 Reviews

I've only been here for a few months, but I can quickly sum up this town as a rundown truck stop, perpetually buffeted by relentless wind, dirt, and hot air. The gas  More

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Over 3 years ago

We used to visit here every few years from Michigan just to see the Living Desert State Park. A very long way to drive to spend a a couple of days in this hauntingly  More

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Been here 9 years. Very difficult place. Price gouging, extremely expensive to live here. Crazy amounts of crime, cops do nothing. Very crowded, bad traffic and crazy  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 5 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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