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Fort Collins, CO vs Evanston, IL

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- Evanston has 133.3% more rainy days than Fort Collins.
- Evanston has 18.6% less Sunny Days than Fort Collins.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Evanston scores 4.2% worse than Fort Collins
 Fort Collins, COEvanston, ILUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock3638
 Snowfall48  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock125106
 Sunny237  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock8386
 Avg. Jan. Low15  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock6.97
 UV Index4.7  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock6142443
Reviews for Fort Collins    71 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

Moved my family here a few months ago and have been so disappointed. Housing is dismal - you get low quality and almost nothing for what you’re paying. The house we’re  More

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Over 4 years ago

There is a high cost of living in all of Colorado, and there is a train that runs through the town a honks its horn for about 5 min straight which is very annoying  More

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My family established our home in Larimer County in 1973; this area, Fort Collins, was a quaint, western-ish town we loved to visit. So I’ve visited FoCo multiple times  More

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Reviews for Evanston    20 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

be sure to take pictures of where you park... Full-scale parking scam going on in this town. They purposely obscure self-pay parking signs. Nine out of 10 visitors  More

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I've lived here for two years for school. Terrible place for students. Northwestern is a great school/campus, but the city itself is NOT student friendly. Everything  More

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Aside from everything else mentioned on this site about the bad aspects of Evanston - bot be overlooked is the NOISE. The People's Republic of Evanston CATERS to the  More

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