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Champaign, IL vs Fort Collins, CO

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Highlights
- Fort Collins has 61.7% less rainy days than Champaign.
- Fort Collins has 22.2% more Sunny Days than Champaign.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Fort Collins scores 1.4% better than Champaign
 Champaign, ILFort Collins, COUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock1638
 Snowfall20  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock90106
 Sunny194  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock8786
 Avg. Jan. Low17  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock7.27
 UV Index4  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock50032443
Reviews for Champaign    13 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

Pros - close to Chicago, has Parkland community college and lots of places to eat. There is a train station downtown that is really good. Beautiful deciduous trees and  More

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Over 8 years ago

I wonderful city with great  More

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Actually it's barely a nice place to live. The pros: Not terribly expensive - at one point the least expensive place to live in the country among modest sized  More

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Reviews for Fort Collins    71 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

Moved my family here a few months ago and have been so disappointed. Housing is dismal - you get low quality and almost nothing for what you’re paying. The house we’re  More

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Over 4 years ago

There is a high cost of living in all of Colorado, and there is a train that runs through the town a honks its horn for about 5 min straight which is very annoying  More

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My family established our home in Larimer County in 1973; this area, Fort Collins, was a quaint, western-ish town we loved to visit. So I’ve visited FoCo multiple times  More

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