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Leadville, CO vs Thornton, CO

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Highlights
- Thornton has 7.6% more rainy days than Leadville.
- Thornton has 0.8% less Sunny Days than Leadville.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Thornton scores 35.2% better than Leadville

Climate
 Leadville, COThornton, COUnited States
 Rainfall141638
 Snowfall1414628
 Precipitation11577106
 Sunny247245205
 Avg. July High719086
 Avg. Jan. Low61822
 Comfort Index (higher=better)5.47.37
 UV Index5.95.14.3
 Elevation1015753482443

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Reviews for Leadville    2 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

Plenty of snow, space and history. Rivers have Wild Trout. Landscape has all the colors of  More

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Over 15 years ago

There seem to be two seasons in Leadville; winter and summer. When the sun is shining in the winter, although it is cold, the sun quickly warms you up. The summer is  More

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Reviews for Thornton    5 Reviews

Good place. Very suburbany (similar to the Springs). The houses are very small and old and yet still very expensive (albeit cheaper than southern Denver). Actually lots  More

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Over 4 years ago

I like Denver metro, but some cities aren’t too great. Thornton being one of them. Moved here because of highway access, and convenience to DIA for business travel. Am  More

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Over 9 years ago

The quality of life here in not good. The traffic is bad all the time. To try to get to the mountains takes forever! Also most lakes along the front range you can't even  More

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ZIPS IN LEADVILLE, COLORADO
80461
ZIPS IN THORNTON, COLORADO
80229 80260 80241 80602

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