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Fort Collins, CO vs Santa Barbara, CA

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- Santa Barbara has 18.6% more rainy days than Fort Collins.
- Santa Barbara has 19.4% more Sunny Days than Fort Collins.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Santa Barbara scores 23.6% better than Fort Collins
 Fort Collins, COSanta Barbara, CAUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock1938
 Snowfall48  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock38106
 Sunny237  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock7386
 Avg. Jan. Low15  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock8.97
 UV Index4.7  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock492443
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 Santa Barbara    51 Reviews

I moved to Santa Barbara around 23 years ago to study at Brooks, which like most of the Santa Barbara that I knew—has been destroyed. Homelessness, drugs, gangs, high  More

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Over 4 years ago

I fell in love with Santa Barbara about thirty years ago and finally moved here a few years ago. Because of the price of homes, it is an expensive place to live. The  More

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If you like high crime, paying a $4,500 a month mortgage and crazy high taxes, this is the place for you. It’s too bad because it wasn’t always like this. When I moved  More

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