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Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA vs Salem, OR

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- Salem has 146.7% more rainy days than Carmel-by-the-Sea.
- Salem has 42.8% less Sunny Days than Carmel-by-the-Sea.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Salem scores 10.8% worse than Carmel-by-the-Sea
 Carmel-by-the-Sea, CASalem, ORUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock4538
 Snowfall0  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock152106
 Sunny269  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock8186
 Avg. Jan. Low43  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock7.47
 UV Index5.4  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock1572443
Reviews for Carmel-By-The-Sea    3 Reviews

Over 9 years ago

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carmel has about 60 vacation homes and a dense cottage-y downtown. basically it is a tourist trap cental business district and a bunch of vacation rental homes. the  More

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Over 17 years ago

Liberals have run me out of town. The political is so overwhelming I am looking to relocate. However, if you are an aging hippie with a great deal of money you will be  More

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Reviews for Salem    37 Reviews

After reading the reviews here, I had to come write my own. The problem I had with most of the reviews is that most were very opinion-based and seemed to assume everyone  More

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Moved here approx. 4 years ago from SW Michigan, but I've lived in 9 other cities & 5 other states. Salem is a very manageable sized city, with tons of parks, diverse  More

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Over 5 years ago

I'm a native 5th generation Oregonian, so bear in mind that I was born with webs between my toes! Anyway, I used to think it rained too much when I was young. Then I  More

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