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Council Bluffs, IA vs Rochester, MN

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- Rochester has 6.3% more rainy days than Council Bluffs.
- Rochester has 14.7% less Sunny Days than Council Bluffs.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Rochester scores 8.5% worse than Council Bluffs
 Council Bluffs, IARochester, MNUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock3438
 Snowfall25  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock109106
 Sunny211  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock8286
 Avg. Jan. Low13  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock6.57
 UV Index3.8  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock10242443
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 Rochester    31 Reviews

Roch (and Minnesota) is a great place IF you live off the govt dole; subsidize undesirable things (through generous welfare benefits, lax law enforcement and sentences,  More

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Rochester is very vanilla. As a progressive, this place is not good. The area leans conservative and you'll see Trump signs everywhere... so that tells you the type of  More

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Over 5 years ago

I moved here over 20 years ago from California and I was in shock for the first couple of years that people actually lived in such a cold climate! Winter starts around  More

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