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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
 Leadville, COThornton, COUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock1638
 Snowfall141  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock77106
 Sunny247  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock9086
 Avg. Jan. Low6  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock7.37
 UV Index5.9  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock53482443
Reviews for Leadville    2 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

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

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Over 16 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 5 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 10 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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