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Carrboro, NC vs Portland, ME

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- Portland has 7.0% more rainy days than Carrboro.
- Portland has 6.9% less Sunny Days than Carrboro.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Portland scores 13.3% worse than Carrboro
 Carrboro, NCPortland, MEUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock4938
 Snowfall4  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock128106
 Sunny218  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock7986
 Avg. Jan. Low30  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock6.57
 UV Index4.5  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock622443
Reviews for Carrboro    4 Reviews

Over 13 years ago

Carrboro is basically a bedroom community, where people who work at or study at UNC over in Chapel Hill lay down for the night. All day they work at UNC only to pay the  More

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Carrboro has a strong civic life with a lot of local participation and visionary politics towards making a more sustainable and just community. The center of town has  More

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Over 15 years ago

climate is good, 4 seasons, winter is short with just a little  More

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Reviews for Portland    35 Reviews

Used to be great before the pandemic. Now people from out of state have ruined it by paying New York prices for real estate site unseen. Why would you live in Maine when  More

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Over 4 years ago

I have never lived here but the lack of Jimmy John’s is depressing and makes me wish I was deceased.  More

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Reggie · 
Over 7 years ago

I found out I was allergic to corn on the cob here. I would give Portland twelve thumbs downs if I could. My friend told me there was a subway here and I thought he  More

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