2026 Compare Cities Climate:
Grand Forks, ND vs Sarasota, FL

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Highlights
- Sarasota has 160.5% more rainy days than Grand Forks.
- Sarasota has 27.4% more Sunny Days than Grand Forks.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Sarasota scores 9.7% better than Grand Forks
 Grand Forks, NDSarasota, FLUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock5638
 Snowfall42  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock106106
 Sunny197  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock9186
 Avg. Jan. Low-3  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock6.87
 UV Index3.1  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock202443
Reviews for Grand Forks    21 Reviews

I lived here for about a year and I can't say many good things about it. I'll start with the positives, it has low crime rate and stores are all close by. Negatives  More

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Over 9 years ago

I am a black male and recently moved to the area do to a job offer. For the most part the people are friendly. However if you are black be prepared to give an  More

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Over 13 years ago

If you try to get a job here, please know that there is a strong culture of support for bullying and verbal abuse. The HR department openly supports and assists  More

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Reviews for Sarasota    105 Reviews

Sarasota is my home from birth but those of us who have lived here long enough to have seen the devolution of what was once an easy to navigate, clean, low crime beach  More

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Starting to love Sarasota: Wife and I moved to Osprey- a small suburb between Sarasota and Venice. We're about 13 miles to downtown Sarasota, so not "city dwellers".   More

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As always, anyone considering moving to anyplace new, including Sarasota, needs to come down and spend a month or two before actually moving here. The city is overrun  More

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