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Maricopa, AZ vs Elko, NV

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- Elko has 28.9% more rainy days than Maricopa.
- Elko has 22.0% less Sunny Days than Maricopa.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Elko scores 5.6% worse than Maricopa
 Maricopa, AZElko, NVUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock1138
 Snowfall0  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock74106
 Sunny296  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock9086
 Avg. Jan. Low38  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock6.87
 UV Index6.2  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock50662443
Reviews for Maricopa    9 Reviews

I can safely say that Central Arizona is a fast growing area alongside Buckeye in the West. As East Valley prices are spiraling out of control currently and has become  More

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I have recently visited Maricopa City to visit some of my family that were priced out of the East Valley Area. I can say that Maricopa City has things people are used to  More

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As someone who used to visit my Aunt out in Maricopa for days on end and play with my cousins back in the day, it was a sleepy town with not much retail, not much  More

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Reviews for Elko    4 Reviews

Elko is like all small Nevada towns - limited in many things and the only change as far as the eye can see are over priced housing starts, drugs and crime. I really like  More

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Over 16 years ago

Spent my teen years in Elko & my parents still live there. It is extremely isolated. Life revolves around the mining industry. The old ranching families that live  More

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Over 17 years ago

Elko has an economy that is fairly typical of mining areas, that is, boom and bust. I've lived here for about 16 or so years. It's boomed tremendously twice and busted  More

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