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Fresno, CA vs Thornton, CO

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- Thornton has 23.0% more rainy days than Fresno.
- Thornton has 9.6% less Sunny Days than Fresno.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Thornton scores 8.8% worse than Fresno
 Fresno, CAThornton, COUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock1638
 Snowfall0  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock77106
 Sunny271  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock9086
 Avg. Jan. Low38  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock7.37
 UV Index5.3  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock53482443
Reviews for Fresno    77 Reviews

I'm not gonna say this city is terrible, but it certainly has many issues that need to be taken care of and unfortunately the city council has done a poor job keeping up  More

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I've lived in Fresno my entire life and when I became an adult, I began to realize how much being a resident here really sucks, it might be cheaper than most other  More

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Lived here since 2002. I may be flamed for this, but.. total dump and I would rate 0 stars if I could. You only really move here to move out. As good as a gas stop.  More

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Reviews for Thornton    5 Reviews

Good place. Very suburbany (similar to the Springs). The houses are very small and old and yet still very expensive (albeit cheaper than southern Denver). Actually lots  More

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Over 5 years ago

I like Denver metro, but some cities aren’t too great. Thornton being one of them. Moved here because of highway access, and convenience to DIA for business travel. Am  More

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Over 10 years ago

The quality of life here in not good. The traffic is bad all the time. To try to get to the mountains takes forever! Also most lakes along the front range you can't even  More

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