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Charleston, SC vs Tuscaloosa, AL

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- Tuscaloosa has 9.5% more rainy days than Charleston.
- Tuscaloosa has 2.4% more Sunny Days than Charleston.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Tuscaloosa scores 1.4% worse than Charleston
 Charleston, SCTuscaloosa, ALUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock5338
 Snowfall0  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock107106
 Sunny209  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock9286
 Avg. Jan. Low39  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock7.17
 UV Index5.1  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock2202443
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 Tuscaloosa    9 Reviews

This is the deal with Tuscaloosa. If you have strong family support that will keep you on track, you may be okay. Alabama has too many broken, uneducated, poor  More

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We've lived in Tuscaloosa for several years now. It's a diverse, friendly college town -- home of the University of Alabama and it's lovely campus -- that is relatively  More

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Tuscaloosa used to have some character. We had a decent live music scene, an up and coming artist community, affordable housing, and there were even several places for  More

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