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Colorado Springs, CO vs Carbondale, IL

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- Carbondale has 147.8% more rainy days than Colorado Springs.
- Carbondale has 11.1% less Sunny Days than Colorado Springs.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Carbondale scores 1.4% better than Colorado Springs
 Colorado Springs, COCarbondale, ILUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock4638
 Snowfall57  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock102106
 Sunny243  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock8986
 Avg. Jan. Low17  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock7.27
 UV Index5.3  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock4132443
Reviews for Colorado Springs    199 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

I grew up in Colorado Springs, left for the military, and moved back in 2008. It is not the same place I grew up in or what it was 15 years ago. High crime,  More

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Over 1 years ago

Moved here from san diego. All expenses went up with exception to gas. San diego may not have an affordable housing market, but with all others equal san diego is still  More

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Moved here in the summer from one of the hottest places on earth and my quality of life has gone up dramatically. I can walk outside, there are enormous mountains to  More

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Reviews for Carbondale    7 Reviews

I've lived in C'dale for over 30 years. I got an excellent education here - Giant City School was great, though fairly insular and not very diverse (among its drawbacks  More

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Over 17 years ago

I like Carbondale. It is relaxing and an easy way to go about getting a college degree. It has its ups and downs, mainly with the people in the town not recognizing the  More

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All of the comments are negative here and seem to me to be misleading. The idea that you have to have a lot of money in Carbondale is ridiculous. The price of cultural  More

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