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Fairfax, VA vs Butte-Silver Bow, MT

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Highlights
- Butte-Silver Bow has 70.7% less rainy days than Fairfax.
- Butte-Silver Bow has 6.1% less Sunny Days than Fairfax.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Butte-Silver Bow scores 15.1% worse than Fairfax
 Fairfax, VAButte-Silver Bow, MTUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock1338
 Snowfall22  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock104106
 Sunny198  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock8186
 Avg. Jan. Low24  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock6.27
 UV Index4.3  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock58172443
Reviews for Fairfax    28 Reviews

I lived in the area for 17 years through high school until I eventually became a truck driver. Having now seen most states extensively, I wanted to fairly review what  More

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Living in Fairfax, or any of the Northern Virginia suburbs of DC, means dealing with highways that are a Gordian knot of converging lanes and overpasses, making long  More

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Over 10 years ago

The Cost of living here is high. Though the standard of living is also high, unless you're making over 50,000/year, it's difficult to both live and build any sort of  More

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Reviews for Butte-Silver Bow    15 Reviews

I think I read the 14 reviews. None of the people were from Butte. You do have to be hardy if you're going to live here. Yes, we're called the Mining City because that's  More

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Over 5 years ago

This is the armpit of Montana. Been here 5 years and Bitten by 1 dog, assulted by 2 dog owners whose dogs came at me aggressively, then the owners, for protecting  More

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Over 6 years ago

I was excited about moving to Butte--I used to visit a lot in college, and fell in love with the history and scenery. Unfortunately, after the first few months in Butte,  More

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