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Charleston, SC vs Champaign, IL

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Highlights
- Champaign has 15.7% less rainy days than Charleston.
- Champaign has 7.2% less Sunny Days than Charleston.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Champaign scores 1.4% worse than Charleston
 Charleston, SCChampaign, ILUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock4138
 Snowfall0  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock111106
 Sunny209  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock8486
 Avg. Jan. Low39  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock7.17
 UV Index5.1  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock7382443
Reviews for Charleston    76 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

Charleston is beautiful and unique and incredibly special. If you don't believe me, just ask Anthony Bourdain in his Parts Unknown episode - and he was an insightful  More

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Serious lack of health care and "good old boys club" whereby doctors will not even see the patient but diagnose them based on referring doctor. My sister died there for  More

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Over 5 years ago

Boy, has this once beautiful town changed...for the worse! I initially moved here 20 years ago because the people were so nice, no traffic, great choice of hospitals,  More

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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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