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Lake Charles, LA vs Rochester, MN

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- Rochester has 45.2% less rainy days than Lake Charles.
- Rochester has 15.5% less Sunny Days than Lake Charles.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Rochester scores 3.0% worse than Lake Charles
 Lake Charles, LARochester, MNUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock3438
 Snowfall0  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock109106
 Sunny213  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock8286
 Avg. Jan. Low41  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock6.57
 UV Index6  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock10242443
Reviews for Lake Charles    34 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

I’ve lived in the city for years and it’s great, you should really check it  More

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Over 4 years ago

Lake Charles, Louisiana is one of the absolute creepiest cities in the USA. The people feel dead inside. They also seem to secretly hate each other. It is also an  More

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Beware reader, the city of Lake Charles is an absolute sh*thole. If you are traveling through I-10 you might want to skip this place. This place is the very worst of the  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 5 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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