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Hilo, HI vs Boise City, ID

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Highlights
- Boise City has 90.9% less rainy days than Hilo.
- Boise City has 17.7% more Sunny Days than Hilo.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Boise City scores 15.1% worse than Hilo
 Hilo, HIBoise City, IDUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock1338
 Snowfall0  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock87106
 Sunny175  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock9286
 Avg. Jan. Low63  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock7.37
 UV Index9.7  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock27002443
Reviews for Hilo    10 Reviews

If you’re looking at Hilo, then you’re likely being recruited in the medical or education fields. These are where the greatest needs of the community lie, and there are  More

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Over 5 years ago

I enjoyed living in Hawaii County for a number of years, most in Hilo. While Hilo has problems, they are few compared to mainland USA. I never experienced racism by  More

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Over 5 years ago

Too much racism from "native Hawaiians" who aren't actually natives. That keeps me from living in that paradise. I'm this is the "natives" goal.  More

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Reviews for Boise City    131 Reviews

The people that made Boise the really appealing small-town America kind of place it was 30-40 years ago are gone. I moved here about 30 years ago. I'm not immediately  More

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My wife and I moved here in 2018 with pans to eventually buy a house and start a family. We bought a house at the end of 2019, if we hadn't there's no way we could  More

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Boise is often characterized as a right-leaning city, as Sperling mistakenly did in their synopsis of Boise. But, the truth is the city its not just blue; it is deep,  More

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