2025 Compare Cities Climate:
Fort Collins, CO vs Petaluma, CA

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Highlights
- Petaluma has 91.0% more rainy days than Fort Collins.
- Petaluma has 9.7% more Sunny Days than Fort Collins.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Petaluma scores 16.7% better than Fort Collins
 Fort Collins, COPetaluma, CAUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock3038
 Snowfall48  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock75106
 Sunny237  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock8486
 Avg. Jan. Low15  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock8.47
 UV Index4.7  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock302443
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 Petaluma    16 Reviews

I agree with the low star reviews. Been here for 25 years, raised a family and seen everything turn to the left and worse. Weather is glorious, love the old Victorians  More

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We’ve lived here for 3 years and we love it. It has taken some time to grow on us. We moved from SF where we had lived over 15 years, we were not used to one year leases  More

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I’ve lived here a couple of years (after living in others parts of the Bay Area for 15+ years) and I love it! Great neighborhoods, friendly folks, good schools with  More

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