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Fairfax, VA vs Folsom, CA

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Highlights
- Folsom has 51.6% less rainy days than Fairfax.
- Folsom has 34.8% more Sunny Days than Fairfax.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Folsom scores 13.7% better than Fairfax
 Fairfax, VAFolsom, CAUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock2138
 Snowfall22  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock59106
 Sunny198  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock9486
 Avg. Jan. Low24  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock8.37
 UV Index4.3  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock2202443
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 Folsom    15 Reviews

Over 10 years ago

Folsom has the worst air quality of any city in the Sacramento region per Sac Metro Air Quality Management. Do not move there if u have any respiratory issues, or u like  More

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Over 12 years ago

Folsom is a great little town of about 70,000 people. A half hour from Sacramento, an hour and a half from Tahoe, it sits in a good location at about 320 feet altitude.  More

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I think Folsom is ideal in many ways but it shares Sacramento's lousy air quality (1.5 out of 100 per this site). Sometimes it's worse than Sacramento when a smog  More

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