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Carson City, NV vs Rochester, MN

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- Rochester has 285.2% more rainy days than Carson City.
- Rochester has 28.9% less Sunny Days than Carson City.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Rochester scores 13.3% worse than Carson City
 Carson City, NVRochester, MNUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock3438
 Snowfall17  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock109106
 Sunny253  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock8286
 Avg. Jan. Low20  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock6.57
 UV Index5.2  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock10242443
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 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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