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Cave Creek, AZ vs Rochester, MN

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- Rochester has 164.8% more rainy days than Cave Creek.
- Rochester has 37.9% less Sunny Days than Cave Creek.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Rochester scores 13.3% worse than Cave Creek
 Cave Creek, AZRochester, MNUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock3438
 Snowfall0  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock109106
 Sunny290  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock8286
 Avg. Jan. Low43  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock6.57
 UV Index6.4  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock10242443
Reviews for Cave Creek    5 Reviews

Over 8 years ago

Beautiful homes and area with larger parcels and horse properties. Wonderful people. Low crime. Great climate except 3 months of hell heat in the summer. But you can  More

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Cave Creek is beautiful especially if you make lots of money! It has a mix of down to earth people and affluent show boaters, heavy drinkers and bikers. Very eclectic.  More

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Over 12 years ago

The drawback to living in Cave Creek are the summers. If you can leave for 3-4 months and return in the fall, Cave Creek is  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 6 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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