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Council Bluffs, IA vs Mesa, AZ

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- Mesa has 68.3% less rainy days than Council Bluffs.
- Mesa has 42.7% more Sunny Days than Council Bluffs.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Mesa scores 2.8% better than Council Bluffs
 Council Bluffs, IAMesa, AZUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock1038
 Snowfall25  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock36106
 Sunny211  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock10586
 Avg. Jan. Low13  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock7.37
 UV Index3.8  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock12402443
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 Mesa    61 Reviews

Mesa is a really good city despite some trouble with Superstition Springs and the failure that is Fiesta Mall, there is nice areas throughout and some areas that need to  More

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Over 2 years ago

As someone who was born in Mesa and has lived here in the 85210 in Dobson Ranch for the last 13 years after moving out from Chandler. I can tell you that most of the  More

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I’m a native to Arizona and growing up here has taught me that people just don’t care, and the Mormon community is huge! It’s normal in the state of AZ for kids to start  More

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