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Hornell, NY vs Rochester, MN

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- Rochester has 4.8% less rainy days than Hornell.
- Rochester has 8.4% more Sunny Days than Hornell.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Rochester scores 1.6% better than Hornell
 Hornell, NYRochester, MNUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock3438
 Snowfall68  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock109106
 Sunny166  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock8286
 Avg. Jan. Low13  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock6.57
 UV Index3.1  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock10242443
Reviews for Hornell    3 Reviews

Hornell is a great place to live. Small for a city, but it has most of what you would need between local shops and big box stores. Amazing produce/farmers markets just  More

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Hornell is an old railroad town that sets in a very pretty location near the PA border, on Interstate 86 in the Southern Tier of NY State. It is 60 miles south of  More

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Over 20 years ago

Hornell is the perfect place to raise children. The streets are safe, day or night, and everyone is friendly. Most of the residents are native to the area and take  More

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Reviews for Rochester    31 Reviews

Roch (and Minnesota) is a great place IF you live off the govt dole; subsidize undesirable things (through generous welfare benefits, lax law enforcement and sentences,  More

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Rochester is very vanilla. As a progressive, this place is not good. The area leans conservative and you'll see Trump signs everywhere... so that tells you the type of  More

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Over 6 years ago

I moved here over 20 years ago from California and I was in shock for the first couple of years that people actually lived in such a cold climate! Winter starts around  More

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