2026 Compare Cities Climate:
East Lansing, MI vs Paterson, NJ

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- Paterson has 47.7% more rainy days than East Lansing.
- Paterson has 20.7% more Sunny Days than East Lansing.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Paterson scores 7.5% better than East Lansing
 East Lansing, MIPaterson, NJUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock4938
 Snowfall46  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock124106
 Sunny174  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock8586
 Avg. Jan. Low17  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock7.27
 UV Index3.2  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock852443
Reviews for East Lansing    4 Reviews

East Lansing is a wonderful, lively, youthful college town that has gotten better over time. You feel the strong Spartan Spirit everywhere as students, alumni and locals  More

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East Lansing is noted for being the home of one of the first Land Grant colleges -- Michigan State University. MSU has an large campus with an enormous area of land  More

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Over 18 years ago

East Lansing is a very pretty town. The town has had frequent problems with student rioters. Overall 60% of the town is composed of students. I would recommend East  More

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Reviews for Paterson    1 Reviews

Over 21 years ago

your murder rate for paterson,n j is lower than what the fbi reported .petersburg is higher than what the fbi  More

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