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Lake Forest, CA vs Carmel, IN

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- Carmel has 197.2% more rainy days than Lake Forest.
- Carmel has 33.7% less Sunny Days than Lake Forest.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Carmel scores 23.1% worse than Lake Forest
 Lake Forest, CACarmel, INUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock4238
 Snowfall0  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock125106
 Sunny279  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock8486
 Avg. Jan. Low45  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock77
 UV Index5.9  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock8532443
Reviews for Lake Forest    16 Reviews

I've lived in Lake Forest for over a decade, before that elsewhere in OC and also up in LA. Lake Forest isn't perfect but it's really improved over the past decade,  More

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As a retired senior who has lived in Lake Forest (formerly El Toro) since 1977 I think LF is a great place if you can afford it. When we moved here in June '77 homes  More

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I’ve lived here for 2 years. Ok, it’s more like a 4 but there are so many idiots downplaying what it’s like here and giving Lake Forest ones and twos. There are a lot of  More

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Reviews for Carmel    26 Reviews

I moved to Carmel from France and I lived there for 20 years. I moved to Indianapolis recently (I miss Carmel). I liked Carmel because it is clean, safe, pretty, it has  More

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This place has just about every corporate chain hotel imaginable. I come for business, and it is a nice place to do business. Carmel seems to sucking the corporate  More

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Over 10 years ago

Carmel is hands down the best place to live in  More

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