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La Grande, OR vs Elko, NV

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- Elko has 40.2% less rainy days than La Grande.
- Elko has 20.3% more Sunny Days than La Grande.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Elko scores 2.9% worse than La Grande
 La Grande, ORElko, NVUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock1138
 Snowfall23  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock74106
 Sunny192  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock9086
 Avg. Jan. Low26  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock6.87
 UV Index3.9  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock50662443
Reviews for La Grande    6 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

When I moved to LaGrande in 2018, my son decided to go to college there. If you are curious about the EOU education, it's what a kid makes of it. He completed a degree  More

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Over 3 years ago

Don’t be fooled by thinking that scenery equals a good place to live. The town is too isolated to be this small with an over abundance of small minded, ignorant people  More

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Growing up in a different small town and making the journey to La Grande for college (home of Eastern Oregon University), I found the migration to La Grande's community  More

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Reviews for Elko    4 Reviews

Elko is like all small Nevada towns - limited in many things and the only change as far as the eye can see are over priced housing starts, drugs and crime. I really like  More

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Over 16 years ago

Spent my teen years in Elko & my parents still live there. It is extremely isolated. Life revolves around the mining industry. The old ranching families that live  More

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Over 17 years ago

Elko has an economy that is fairly typical of mining areas, that is, boom and bust. I've lived here for about 16 or so years. It's boomed tremendously twice and busted  More

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