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Columbia, MD vs Santee, CA

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- Santee has 72.2% less rainy days than Columbia.
- Santee has 26.4% more Sunny Days than Columbia.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Santee scores 26.0% better than Columbia
 Columbia, MDSantee, CAUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock1338
 Snowfall17  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock37106
 Sunny212  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock8486
 Avg. Jan. Low24  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock9.27
 UV Index3.9  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock3512443
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 Santee    10 Reviews

Over 13 years ago

I have lived in Santee for 36 years and the changes have been extensive. Traffic has been, and still is, a big problem. However, that's a problem in most CA towns and  More

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Over 13 years ago

San Diego in general is a very expensive place to live. Santee is less so but compared to the rest of the country we are way over  More

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Over 17 years ago

Santee has a great quality of life,low crime, good schools(some of the best schools east county has to offer), fairly short commute time, as it is fairly well central in  More

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