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Columbia, MD vs Folsom, CA

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- Folsom has 53.8% less rainy days than Columbia.
- Folsom has 25.9% more Sunny Days than Columbia.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Folsom scores 13.7% better than Columbia
 Columbia, MDFolsom, CAUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock2138
 Snowfall17  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock59106
 Sunny212  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock9486
 Avg. Jan. Low24  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock8.37
 UV Index3.9  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock2202443
Reviews for Columbia    28 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

Lived here for a while, beautiful opportunities, pays well, overall nice  More

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Been here 30 years was great at first but once they added a transit bus from baltimore to columbia 15-18 years ago that was the beginning of the end. And about 5 years  More

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Columbia can be described in one word: unequal. The neighborhood I live in, River Hill, is jam-packed with almost million-dollar homes, while the neighborhoods of Long  More

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Reviews for Folsom    15 Reviews

Over 10 years ago

Folsom has the worst air quality of any city in the Sacramento region per Sac Metro Air Quality Management. Do not move there if u have any respiratory issues, or u like  More

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Over 12 years ago

Folsom is a great little town of about 70,000 people. A half hour from Sacramento, an hour and a half from Tahoe, it sits in a good location at about 320 feet altitude.  More

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I think Folsom is ideal in many ways but it shares Sacramento's lousy air quality (1.5 out of 100 per this site). Sometimes it's worse than Sacramento when a smog  More

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