2025 Compare Cities Climate:
Fairfax, VA vs Troy, AL

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Highlights
- Troy has 27.0% more rainy days than Fairfax.
- Troy has 6.6% more Sunny Days than Fairfax.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Troy scores 1.4% better than Fairfax
 Fairfax, VATroy, ALUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock5538
 Snowfall22  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock94106
 Sunny198  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock9186
 Avg. Jan. Low24  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock7.47
 UV Index4.3  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock5412443
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 Troy    11 Reviews

I love it here. It’s quiet and you shouldn’t go by 13 year old reviews. Everything has improved for the better and I will continue to live here for many years to come.  More

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Biggest mistake of my life was moving to yorT (<—-not a typo) to take a high school teaching position there. Revolving door. I got my family out and to greener  More

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Over 13 years ago

Sadly I was born and raised in Troy Al, and I'm happy to report that I moved away 2 weeks after graduating high school. I still visit family there and growing up I knew  More

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