2025 Compare Cities Climate:
Chicago, IL vs Charleston, SC

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Highlights
- Charleston has 26.4% more rainy days than Chicago.
- Charleston has 10.6% more Sunny Days than Chicago.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Charleston scores 2.9% better than Chicago
 Chicago, ILCharleston, SCUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock4838
 Snowfall35  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock106106
 Sunny189  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock9086
 Avg. Jan. Low19  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock7.27
 UV Index3.6  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock102443
Reviews for Chicago    270 Reviews

I've lived in Chicago city and later moved to suburbs when family size increased. Absolutely love this city. This is the cleanest and most beautiful among the major  More

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Chicago is probably the best value in a major city that you can find and my personal favorite city. It will become increasingly important as climate change makes the  More

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I've live on north side and south side, UIC medical center. Don't move here go to the north side. No good amenities, if you get bored with one there is no other choices.  More

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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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