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Long Beach, CA vs Bakersfield, CA

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Highlights
- Bakersfield has 47.1% less rainy days than Long Beach.
- Bakersfield has 5.2% less Sunny Days than Long Beach.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Bakersfield scores 12.9% worse than Long Beach
 Long Beach, CABakersfield, CAUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock738
 Snowfall0  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock38106
 Sunny287  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock9786
 Avg. Jan. Low46  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock8.17
 UV Index6.2  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock4042443
Reviews for Long Beach    45 Reviews

Local born and bred. This place is going down the drain. Crime is up, housing is up, yuppies finding nothing wrong with it since they want to validate spending 3k on a 2  More

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Angelique · 
Over 5 years ago

I love Long Beach. I especially shoreline village and the aquarium of the pacific. The only big problem here (for me) is crime. Otherwise, nice  More

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Over 7 years ago

The cost of living is extremely high and there are way too many apartments or multi unit homes which have no parking. But with everyone living on top of each other it  More

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Reviews for Bakersfield    75 Reviews

I am a millennial, born and raised here. As someone who wrestled with staying for years, there are a lot of valid reasons to not come to Bakersfield. Air quality, summer  More

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Over 4 years ago

I have lived here all of my life. 40+ years. It used to be fun and kinda safe but now it is so scary to go outside. We are literally a homeless dumping ground and there  More

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I moved here from Seattle 25 years ago, when it had a population of 200,000, and practically the only place to get coffee was a place called “Duke’s Ranch”. Why did I  More

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