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Folsom, CA vs Bethesda, MD

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- Bethesda has 105.3% more rainy days than Folsom.
- Bethesda has 26.2% less Sunny Days than Folsom.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Bethesda scores 12.0% worse than Folsom
 Folsom, CABethesda, MDUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock4338
 Snowfall0  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock114106
 Sunny267  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock8786
 Avg. Jan. Low39  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock7.37
 UV Index5.2  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock3182443
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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Reviews for Bethesda    12 Reviews

Bethesda is awesome if you want to live near DC and in a relatively safe city that has few parking issues. Montgomery county has parking lots in downtown Bethesda and  More

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Amenities are plentiful, but costs continue to rise as do local and state taxes. Overall not a friendly place to  More

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Essentially an upscale suburb of Washington DC. Public transport is easy, there's plenty to do (though with none of the edginess of living closer in DC) and it's minutes  More

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