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Charleston, SC vs West Lafayette, IN

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- West Lafayette has 21.5% less rainy days than Charleston.
- West Lafayette has 11.5% less Sunny Days than Charleston.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, West Lafayette scores 2.8% worse than Charleston
 Charleston, SCWest Lafayette, INUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock3838
 Snowfall0  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock120106
 Sunny209  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock8686
 Avg. Jan. Low39  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock77
 UV Index5.1  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock6102443
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 West Lafayette    11 Reviews

I am originally from Greencastle, Indiana, a nice friendly rural town and home to DePauw University. Presently, I live in West Lafayette, Indiana, due to my having been  More

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Over 11 years ago

It's a nice small town. It's too bad it's not closer to Indy. I think I would like it here  More

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Over 14 years ago

They have good schools, parks and always have events to  More

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