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Los Altos, CA vs Chico, CA

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Highlights
- Chico has 47.9% more rainy days than Los Altos.
- Chico has 5.3% less Sunny Days than Los Altos.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Chico scores 6.9% worse than Los Altos
 Los Altos, CAChico, CAUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock2838
 Snowfall0  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock65106
 Sunny263  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock9486
 Avg. Jan. Low40  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock8.17
 UV Index5.1  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock1972443
Reviews for Los Altos    2 Reviews

Over 17 years ago

Expensive but worth  More

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Over 17 years ago

the quality of life here is very high however the cost of living is also high. extremely high as a matter of fact. I'd like to look at other communities that are less  More

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Reviews for Chico    31 Reviews

Chico is imperfect like most places, but it's still good. Any and all of it's issues proceed from it's main fault of growing increasingly liberal, which is to be  More

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Over 3 years ago

Chico's decent. I've been living here for ~5 years now. Eveen though my brother loves Chico and would like to stay, I would like to leave. I have no issues with crime or  More

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I was born in Oroville and I grew up in Oroville and Biggs. I have heard all my life about crime in chico. Well I have lived in Chico near Chapman for almost 10 years  More

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