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Durango, CO vs Thornton, CO

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- Thornton has 15.3% less rainy days than Durango.
- Thornton has 7.9% less Sunny Days than Durango.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Thornton scores 5.8% better than Durango
 Durango, COThornton, COUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock1638
 Snowfall67  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock77106
 Sunny266  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock9086
 Avg. Jan. Low12  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock7.37
 UV Index6.2  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock53482443
Reviews for Durango    24 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

I grew up in Durango, fifth generation. Of course it is beautiful and my roots are there. Too many people have moved there though. I still love the landscape, and my  More

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Absolutely wonderful place to live. The amount of scenery and natural beauty within 5 hours in all directions (literally all of them) is unbeatable. So close to  More

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Been in or near durango for 20 years and am stuck here. Can't earn enough to live on, no decent jobs, ridiculously expensive housing, relatively unfriendly, snobbish  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 5 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 10 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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