2025 Compare Cities Climate:
Charleston, SC vs Santa Monica, CA

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Highlights
- Santa Monica has 71.6% less rainy days than Charleston.
- Santa Monica has 34.4% more Sunny Days than Charleston.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Santa Monica scores 27.8% better than Charleston
 Charleston, SCSanta Monica, CAUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock1438
 Snowfall0  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock30106
 Sunny209  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock7486
 Avg. Jan. Low39  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock9.27
 UV Index5.1  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock1052443
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 Santa Monica    24 Reviews

I moved here to Santa Monica over 10 years ago from Oklahoma City. I was surprised to see that Oklahoma City was ranked higher than Santa Monica on best places. I  More

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I've lived in Santa Monica for over 30 years. It's a Mediterranean climate--sunny and temperate when the rest of the country is under snow! I am walking distance to  More

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I have lived in this city for 4 decades, and it is never been worse than it is now. It is a dangerous disgusting hell hole. Between the crime, the homeless that are not  More

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