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Carrboro, NC vs Portland, OR

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- Portland has 6.3% less rainy days than Carrboro.
- Portland has 33.9% less Sunny Days than Carrboro.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Portland scores 0.0% worse than Carrboro
 Carrboro, NCPortland, ORUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock4338
 Snowfall4  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock156106
 Sunny218  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock8186
 Avg. Jan. Low30  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock7.57
 UV Index4.5  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock332443
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    386 Reviews

I lived in Portland for 19 years (I've also lived in Boise, ID, the Bay Area, Austin, TX and now Nampa, ID). It drives me nuts when people try to give a large city a  More

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One of the best cities in America. Food scene is the best in the world. Weather is preferable over places where you have the same weather year round. I enjoy the  More

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I moved from Houston to Portland about a year ago. I remember reading the reviews on here and it making me second guess moving before I did, so I wanted to come back and  More

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