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Chandler, AZ vs Thornton, CO

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- Thornton has 72.2% more rainy days than Chandler.
- Thornton has 17.5% less Sunny Days than Chandler.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Thornton scores 0.0% worse than Chandler
 Chandler, AZThornton, COUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock1638
 Snowfall0  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock77106
 Sunny297  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock9086
 Avg. Jan. Low41  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock7.37
 UV Index6.4  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock53482443
Reviews for Chandler    66 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

Mesa is such a medium sized city but so big for it's size that even if you drive 20 minutes you still will be in Mesa. In West Mesa it's where all the services for  More

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As someone that has lived in Chandler nearly my whole life. I understand Chandler has it's fair share of problems in recent decades from affordability to certain areas  More

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I have grown up in Chandler for almost 25 years and left in 2012, used to live near downtown with apartments that were affordable on a minimum wage job, until i could  More

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Reviews for Thornton    5 Reviews

Good place. Very suburbany (similar to the Springs). The houses are very small and old and yet still very expensive (albeit cheaper than southern Denver). Actually lots  More

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Over 5 years ago

I like Denver metro, but some cities aren’t too great. Thornton being one of them. Moved here because of highway access, and convenience to DIA for business travel. Am  More

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Over 10 years ago

The quality of life here in not good. The traffic is bad all the time. To try to get to the mountains takes forever! Also most lakes along the front range you can't even  More

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