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Houston, TX vs McKinney, TX

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Highlights
- McKinney has 22.5% less rainy days than Houston.
- McKinney has 12.3% more Sunny Days than Houston.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, McKinney scores 9.1% better than Houston
 Houston, TXMcKinney, TXUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock4138
 Snowfall0  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock80106
 Sunny204  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock9386
 Avg. Jan. Low43  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock7.27
 UV Index6.1  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock6302443
Reviews for Houston    371 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

I moved to Houston from the San Francisco Bay area in 1991 after college but I have always had family here. Houston is not what you think of when you think of Texas  More

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Over 4 years ago

There's definitely lots of jobs/economic opportunity. It's quite racially diverse if that's your thing. Houston has awful urban sprawl. Expect awful traffic. Hot as hell  More

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Over 4 years ago

There's definitely lots of jobs/economic opportunity. It's quite racially diverse if that's your thing. Houston has awful urban sprawl. Expect awful traffic. Hot as hell  More

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Reviews for Mckinney    19 Reviews

Amir · 
Over 4 years ago

Very charming town. This city has been extremely discipline and not trying to keep up with neighboring cities to bring big name outsiders and because of it has tons of  More

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We've lived in McKinney for 8 years. We left California because we knew where it was headed and thankfully ended up in McKinney. We have seen it grow tremendously. We  More

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I have only spent a few days in Mckinney and surrounding area such as Plano prosper Lucas Frisco and down town Dallas. The reason I and my family visited from New York  More

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