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Lancaster, CA vs Richmond, CA

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Highlights
- Richmond has 267.5% more rainy days than Lancaster.
- Richmond has 6.8% less Sunny Days than Lancaster.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Richmond scores 7.5% better than Lancaster
 Lancaster, CARichmond, CAUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock2838
 Snowfall1  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock65106
 Sunny281  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock7586
 Avg. Jan. Low32  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock8.67
 UV Index6.2  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock462443
Reviews for Lancaster    48 Reviews

Worse than even Compton in some ways... worse than hell overall. This place is so bad you will want to off yourself every day just by being here, but probably not too  More

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Over 5 years ago

I was born here, then grew up here for 17 years and joined the Army as a teen, but constantly went back to visit my parents and friends. I lived there again for 4 years  More

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Over 7 years ago

Moved to the Eastside of Lancaster. I have target, lowes, the whole wheatery, homedepot, bank of America, wells Fargo, Walmart, traders Joe's, Carl's jr, burger king,  More

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Reviews for Richmond    9 Reviews

I've lived in Richmond since 2014. I find that for proximity to the rest of the East Bay, Marin county, and San Francisco it's a tremendous location. We moved here from  More

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Over 5 years ago

Grown up around all my life, and lived for the past 3 years. Diverse in the worst kinda way (the way that will get you robbed or assaulted). The epicenter of the  More

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I've lived here for more than half of my life, and never want to leave. The weather is nearly perfect. The population is very racially diverse and people for the most  More

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