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Columbia, TN vs Sarasota, FL

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Highlights
- Sarasota has 1.2% less rainy days than Columbia.
- Sarasota has 21.8% more Sunny Days than Columbia.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Sarasota scores 6.8% worse than Columbia
 Columbia, TNSarasota, FLUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock5638
 Snowfall2  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock106106
 Sunny206  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock9186
 Avg. Jan. Low27  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock6.87
 UV Index4.6  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock202443
Reviews for Columbia    7 Reviews

Over 10 years ago

I was disturbed when I say old comments on this page. I recently moved to Columbia, TN. I saw associations with crime and other things that do not reflect what is by far  More

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Over 17 years ago

The jobs in Columbia, Tennessee are scarce in comparison to cities. It has been that way since the '90's. In the 90's General Electric and other major companies left the  More

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Over 18 years ago

Small old fashioned city. Not very progressive. great weather adequate schools no job growth. reasonable housing costs close to Nashville very few  More

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Reviews for Sarasota    105 Reviews

Sarasota is my home from birth but those of us who have lived here long enough to have seen the devolution of what was once an easy to navigate, clean, low crime beach  More

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Starting to love Sarasota: Wife and I moved to Osprey- a small suburb between Sarasota and Venice. We're about 13 miles to downtown Sarasota, so not "city dwellers".   More

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As always, anyone considering moving to anyplace new, including Sarasota, needs to come down and spend a month or two before actually moving here. The city is overrun  More

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