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Long Beach, CA vs Seattle, WA

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Highlights
- Seattle has 179.4% more rainy days than Long Beach.
- Seattle has 47.0% less Sunny Days than Long Beach.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Seattle scores 19.4% worse than Long Beach
 Long Beach, CASeattle, WAUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock3838
 Snowfall0  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock155106
 Sunny287  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock7686
 Avg. Jan. Low46  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock7.57
 UV Index6.2  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock1772443
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 Seattle    321 Reviews

I have lived here since 1975, I moved here from California but was born and raised in Michigan. I would have to say that I never regretted leaving Michigan and their  More

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Over 3 years ago

I’ve lived in Seattle for just under 7 years and while it can be a stunningly beautiful place, I am very excited to leave. I’ll start with some of the positive aspects.  More

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if you can afford it, Seattle is a very nice place to live and raise a family! however, it is extremely expensive and in the winter, it's rather gloomy. i love gloomy  More

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