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Edwardsville, IL vs Carbondale, IL

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- Carbondale has 6.8% more rainy days than Edwardsville.
- Carbondale has 5.9% more Sunny Days than Edwardsville.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Carbondale scores 0.0% worse than Edwardsville
 Edwardsville, ILCarbondale, ILUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock4638
 Snowfall12  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock102106
 Sunny204  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock8986
 Avg. Jan. Low22  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock7.27
 UV Index4.1  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock4132443
Reviews for Edwardsville    2 Reviews

Over 16 years ago

Edwardsville is a great town that is growing rapidly. The school district is one of the best in the area, it is the home of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville,  More

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Over 19 years ago

Lovely little town with over 75 miles of gorgeous, well maintained, wooded bike trails. Recreational biker's dream  More

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Reviews for Carbondale    7 Reviews

I've lived in C'dale for over 30 years. I got an excellent education here - Giant City School was great, though fairly insular and not very diverse (among its drawbacks  More

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Over 18 years ago

I like Carbondale. It is relaxing and an easy way to go about getting a college degree. It has its ups and downs, mainly with the people in the town not recognizing the  More

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All of the comments are negative here and seem to me to be misleading. The idea that you have to have a lot of money in Carbondale is ridiculous. The price of cultural  More

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