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Denver, CO vs Thornton, CO

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Highlights
- Thornton has 7.2% less rainy days than Denver.
- Thornton has 0.0% more Sunny Days than Denver.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Thornton scores 0.0% worse than Denver

Climate
 Denver, COThornton, COUnited States
 Rainfall171638
 Snowfall604628
 Precipitation8377106
 Sunny245245205
 Avg. July High899086
 Avg. Jan. Low181822
 Comfort Index (higher=better)7.37.37
 UV Index4.85.14.3
 Elevation527953482443

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Reviews for Denver    470 Reviews

During my 25 years in Denver, I’ve witnessed trends found in other metro areas: homeless camps, panhandlers, worsening traffic, increased crime and rapidly appreciating  More

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I've lived in the Denver area for about eight years now. Moved here for college planning to get out as soon as I was done with college, and predictably got stuck  More

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I've lived in the city since I was born (1998) and I just was ready to get out. I'm a Denver native and I am ashamed of my city. I moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania  More

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Reviews for Thornton    5 Reviews

Good place. Very suburbany (similar to the Springs). The houses are very small and old and yet still very expensive (albeit cheaper than southern Denver). Actually lots  More

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Over 4 years ago

I like Denver metro, but some cities aren’t too great. Thornton being one of them. Moved here because of highway access, and convenience to DIA for business travel. Am  More

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Over 9 years ago

The quality of life here in not good. The traffic is bad all the time. To try to get to the mountains takes forever! Also most lakes along the front range you can't even  More

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ZIPS IN DENVER, COLORADO
80219, 80239, 80123, 80231, 80210, 80220, 80211, 80204, 80205, 80249, 32 total
ZIPS IN THORNTON, COLORADO
80229 80260 80241 80602

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