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Castle Rock, CO vs Santa Cruz, CA

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- Santa Cruz has 74.7% more rainy days than Castle Rock.
- Santa Cruz has 7.8% more Sunny Days than Castle Rock.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Santa Cruz scores 18.1% better than Castle Rock
 Castle Rock, COSanta Cruz, CAUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock3338
 Snowfall78  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock69106
 Sunny243  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock7786
 Avg. Jan. Low19  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock8.57
 UV Index4.8  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock362443
Reviews for Castle Rock    12 Reviews

My fiance and I moved here in 2018 shortly after finishing college. I work in Colorado Springs and she works in the Denver area, so Castle Rock was practically our only  More

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Over 7 years ago

I have always been mobile for my career, until I moved to Castle Rock. I've lived in in multiple cities in the Midwest including Chicago and have visited nearly every  More

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Over 11 years ago

we have four seasons, and the rockies are only two hrs.away. so for the outdoors enthusist sking or hiking is like no other place you have been or seen it is hard to  More

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Reviews for Santa Cruz    44 Reviews

I lived in the Santa Cruz area for 20 years. UCSC alum. Our kids were born there. There are wonderful things about Santa Cruz, but also many serious problems that we  More

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Over 5 years ago

I have been here for four generations! My kids are the fifth. I guess that should tell you how wonderful it is here, at least for us. It's so cool to have world class  More

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I was born over the hill in San Jose area, and as a kid I loved coming over to the boardwalk. Santa Cruz has always been and always will be a town of diversity,  More

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