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Chelan, WA vs Thornton, CO

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- Thornton has 25.0% more rainy days than Chelan.
- Thornton has 25.0% more Sunny Days than Chelan.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Thornton scores 2.8% better than Chelan
 Chelan, WAThornton, COUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock1638
 Snowfall34  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock77106
 Sunny196  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock9086
 Avg. Jan. Low22  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock7.37
 UV Index2.6  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock53482443
Reviews for Chelan    1 Reviews

Summer climate wonderful with many fruit orchards and water sports and fishing 55 mile long lake...2 cents per kwh make utility costs very low. Have new Walmart super  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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