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Colorado Springs, CO vs Thornton, CO

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Highlights
- Thornton has 15.8% less rainy days than Colorado Springs.
- Thornton has 0.8% more Sunny Days than Colorado Springs.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Thornton scores 2.8% better than Colorado Springs

Climate
 Colorado Springs, COThornton, COUnited States
 Rainfall181638
 Snowfall574628
 Precipitation8877106
 Sunny243245205
 Avg. July High849086
 Avg. Jan. Low171822
 Comfort Index (higher=better)7.17.37
 UV Index5.35.14.3
 Elevation601053482443

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Reviews for Colorado Springs    198 Reviews

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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I have been in COS on and off for a couple years, finally making the permanent move several months ago. I have lived in Philly, Pittsburgh, Los Angeles, and Charlotte,  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 4 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 9 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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ZIPS IN COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO
80918, 80916, 80909, 80920, 80906, 80917, 80910, 80922, 80923, 80907, 21 total
ZIPS IN THORNTON, COLORADO
80229 80260 80241 80602

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