2025 Compare Cities Climate:
Fairfax, VA vs Mesa, AZ

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Highlights
- Mesa has 76.5% less rainy days than Fairfax.
- Mesa has 52.0% more Sunny Days than Fairfax.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Mesa scores 0.0% worse than Fairfax
 Fairfax, VAMesa, AZUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock1038
 Snowfall22  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock36106
 Sunny198  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock10586
 Avg. Jan. Low24  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock7.37
 UV Index4.3  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock12402443
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 Mesa    61 Reviews

Mesa is a really good city despite some trouble with Superstition Springs and the failure that is Fiesta Mall, there is nice areas throughout and some areas that need to  More

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Over 2 years ago

As someone who was born in Mesa and has lived here in the 85210 in Dobson Ranch for the last 13 years after moving out from Chandler. I can tell you that most of the  More

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I’m a native to Arizona and growing up here has taught me that people just don’t care, and the Mormon community is huge! It’s normal in the state of AZ for kids to start  More

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