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Elko, NV vs Virginia City, NV

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- Virginia City has 80.4% more rainy days than Elko.
- Virginia City has 8.7% more Sunny Days than Elko.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Virginia City scores 2.9% better than Elko
 Elko, NVVirginia City, NVUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock1938
 Snowfall39  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock56106
 Sunny231  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock8186
 Avg. Jan. Low12  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock77
 UV Index4.1  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock61972443
Reviews for Elko    4 Reviews

Elko is like all small Nevada towns - limited in many things and the only change as far as the eye can see are over priced housing starts, drugs and crime. I really like  More

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Over 17 years ago

Spent my teen years in Elko & my parents still live there. It is extremely isolated. Life revolves around the mining industry. The old ranching families that live  More

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Over 18 years ago

Elko has an economy that is fairly typical of mining areas, that is, boom and bust. I've lived here for about 16 or so years. It's boomed tremendously twice and busted  More

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Reviews for Virginia City    1 Reviews

Over 12 years ago

I find the water quality score of 40 in Virginia City to be open for debate. It is basically snow melt, coming from Lake Marlette in the Tahoe area. Looks great. Tastes  More

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