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Colorado Springs, CO vs Rochester, MN

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- Rochester has 84.2% more rainy days than Colorado Springs.
- Rochester has 25.9% less Sunny Days than Colorado Springs.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Rochester scores 8.5% worse than Colorado Springs
 Colorado Springs, CORochester, MNUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock3438
 Snowfall57  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock109106
 Sunny243  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock8286
 Avg. Jan. Low17  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock6.57
 UV Index5.3  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock10242443
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 Rochester    31 Reviews

Roch (and Minnesota) is a great place IF you live off the govt dole; subsidize undesirable things (through generous welfare benefits, lax law enforcement and sentences,  More

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Rochester is very vanilla. As a progressive, this place is not good. The area leans conservative and you'll see Trump signs everywhere... so that tells you the type of  More

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Over 5 years ago

I moved here over 20 years ago from California and I was in shock for the first couple of years that people actually lived in such a cold climate! Winter starts around  More

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