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Chesapeake, VA vs Salem, OR

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Highlights
- Salem has 5.3% less rainy days than Chesapeake.
- Salem has 27.0% less Sunny Days than Chesapeake.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Salem scores 0.0% worse than Chesapeake
 Chesapeake, VASalem, ORUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock4538
 Snowfall5  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock152106
 Sunny211  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock8186
 Avg. Jan. Low31  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock7.47
 UV Index4.5  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock1572443
Reviews for Chesapeake    33 Reviews

I lived here in Virginia near the Cedar Rd. not so far from Tidewater Community college. If you want a great place to live to raise children, its Chesapeake  More

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I live around this area currently, in the "Hampton Roads". Which consists of Virginia Beach, Suffolk, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Newport News, Hampton, and Chesapeake. We're  More

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I was born in Hampton Roads and lived there for more than 65 years. We lived in the city of Chesapeake for three years from 2014-2017. Frankly, we were very glad to  More

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Reviews for Salem    37 Reviews

After reading the reviews here, I had to come write my own. The problem I had with most of the reviews is that most were very opinion-based and seemed to assume everyone  More

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Moved here approx. 4 years ago from SW Michigan, but I've lived in 9 other cities & 5 other states. Salem is a very manageable sized city, with tons of parks, diverse  More

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Over 5 years ago

I'm a native 5th generation Oregonian, so bear in mind that I was born with webs between my toes! Anyway, I used to think it rained too much when I was young. Then I  More

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