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Fort Collins, CO vs South Lake Tahoe, CA

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- South Lake Tahoe has 49.4% more rainy days than Fort Collins.
- South Lake Tahoe has 5.1% more Sunny Days than Fort Collins.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, South Lake Tahoe scores 6.9% worse than Fort Collins
 Fort Collins, COSouth Lake Tahoe, CAUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock2338
 Snowfall48  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock61106
 Sunny237  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock8086
 Avg. Jan. Low15  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock6.77
 UV Index4.7  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock62372443
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 South Lake Tahoe    10 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

Pretty boring town. Very run down and seedy too. Lake is nothing special either. I much prefer the Pacific coast or even the Atlantic coast or great  More

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Seriously I don't get what the big deal about this dump is everything is grossly overpriced scenery is boring and not at all interesting very boring nothing to do very  More

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Over 5 years ago

Beautiful place to live. This site has most of the details wrong, has somehow lumped it together with Sacramento. Elevation is 6250 feet at the lake. Weather is cold in  More

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