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Council Bluffs, IA vs Bakersfield, CA

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- Bakersfield has 77.4% less rainy days than Council Bluffs.
- Bakersfield has 28.9% more Sunny Days than Council Bluffs.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Bakersfield scores 14.1% better than Council Bluffs
 Council Bluffs, IABakersfield, CAUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock738
 Snowfall25  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock38106
 Sunny211  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock9786
 Avg. Jan. Low13  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock8.17
 UV Index3.8  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock4042443
Reviews for Council Bluffs    4 Reviews

It's an okay city. Nothing special really. All the fun things to do and good restaurants are across the river in Omaha. I will say CB has some pretty good recreational  More

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Over 9 years ago

Quietly over the years this community has taken untold amounts of riverfront casino tax dollars and converted them into hundreds and hundreds of community improvement  More

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Over 15 years ago

here in council bluffs iowa, we have low crime rate. There have been an increase in shopping areas in the last 2 years and lots of new resturants and three casinos. It  More

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Reviews for Bakersfield    75 Reviews

I am a millennial, born and raised here. As someone who wrestled with staying for years, there are a lot of valid reasons to not come to Bakersfield. Air quality, summer  More

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Over 4 years ago

I have lived here all of my life. 40+ years. It used to be fun and kinda safe but now it is so scary to go outside. We are literally a homeless dumping ground and there  More

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I moved here from Seattle 25 years ago, when it had a population of 200,000, and practically the only place to get coffee was a place called “Duke’s Ranch”. Why did I  More

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