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Carson City, NV vs Elko, NV

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- Elko has 21.6% more rainy days than Carson City.
- Elko has 8.7% less Sunny Days than Carson City.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Elko scores 9.3% worse than Carson City
 Carson City, NVElko, NVUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock1138
 Snowfall17  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock74106
 Sunny253  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock9086
 Avg. Jan. Low20  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock6.87
 UV Index5.2  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock50662443
Reviews for Carson City    15 Reviews

Visited on and off over the years. It is actually green in the surrounding areas, right in town it lacks good green planning. Being so close to Carson and Tahoe,  More

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Over 3 years ago

I'd give Carson City a zero if I could. Simply, there's nothing to do here except drink and gamble. Sure, Tahoe seems close, but the vibrant part is about 40 minutes  More

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Carson City, Nevada is a wonderful place to raise a family and/or retire. We raised our two youngest children here and now we are retired, after moving to CC 21 years  More

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Reviews for Elko    4 Reviews

Elko is like all small Nevada towns - limited in many things and the only change as far as the eye can see are over priced housing starts, drugs and crime. I really like  More

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Over 16 years ago

Spent my teen years in Elko & my parents still live there. It is extremely isolated. Life revolves around the mining industry. The old ranching families that live  More

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Over 17 years ago

Elko has an economy that is fairly typical of mining areas, that is, boom and bust. I've lived here for about 16 or so years. It's boomed tremendously twice and busted  More

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