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Folsom, CA vs Lake Charles, LA

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- Lake Charles has 197.6% more rainy days than Folsom.
- Lake Charles has 20.2% less Sunny Days than Folsom.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Lake Charles scores 19.3% worse than Folsom
 Folsom, CALake Charles, LAUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock6238
 Snowfall0  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock117106
 Sunny267  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock9186
 Avg. Jan. Low39  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock6.77
 UV Index5.2  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock132443
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 Lake Charles    34 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

I’ve lived in the city for years and it’s great, you should really check it  More

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Over 4 years ago

Lake Charles, Louisiana is one of the absolute creepiest cities in the USA. The people feel dead inside. They also seem to secretly hate each other. It is also an  More

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Beware reader, the city of Lake Charles is an absolute sh*thole. If you are traveling through I-10 you might want to skip this place. This place is the very worst of the  More

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