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Long Beach, CA vs Lake Charles, LA

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- Lake Charles has 355.1% more rainy days than Long Beach.
- Lake Charles has 25.8% less Sunny Days than Long Beach.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Lake Charles scores 28.0% worse than Long Beach
 Long Beach, CALake Charles, LAUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock6238
 Snowfall0  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock117106
 Sunny287  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock9186
 Avg. Jan. Low46  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock6.77
 UV Index6.2  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock132443
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 Lake Charles    34 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

I’ve lived in the city for years and it’s great, you should really check it  More

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Over 4 years ago

Lake Charles, Louisiana is one of the absolute creepiest cities in the USA. The people feel dead inside. They also seem to secretly hate each other. It is also an  More

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Beware reader, the city of Lake Charles is an absolute sh*thole. If you are traveling through I-10 you might want to skip this place. This place is the very worst of the  More

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