2025 Compare Cities Climate:
Long Beach, CA vs Oakland, CA

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- Oakland has 73.5% more rainy days than Long Beach.
- Oakland has 9.1% less Sunny Days than Long Beach.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Oakland scores 6.5% worse than Long Beach
 Long Beach, CAOakland, CAUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock2438
 Snowfall0  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock67106
 Sunny287  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock7286
 Avg. Jan. Low46  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock8.77
 UV Index6.2  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock432443
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 Oakland    38 Reviews

I move to Oakland 20yrs ago with high hopes, loved the geography of the city, the diversity is outstanding, and the charm of the older homes is wonderful. When I  More

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Over 4 years ago

Fun place to visit. Little rough is some areas- a lot to do  More

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I moved to Oakland because of its racial diversity in the early eighties although I've seen some ups and downs in this visually beautiful city, it has never been as bad  More

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