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Maricopa, AZ vs Sarasota, FL

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Highlights
- Sarasota has 574.7% more rainy days than Maricopa.
- Sarasota has 15.2% less Sunny Days than Maricopa.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Sarasota scores 5.6% worse than Maricopa
 Maricopa, AZSarasota, FLUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock5638
 Snowfall0  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock106106
 Sunny296  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock9186
 Avg. Jan. Low38  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock6.87
 UV Index6.2  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock202443
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 Sarasota    105 Reviews

Sarasota is my home from birth but those of us who have lived here long enough to have seen the devolution of what was once an easy to navigate, clean, low crime beach  More

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Starting to love Sarasota: Wife and I moved to Osprey- a small suburb between Sarasota and Venice. We're about 13 miles to downtown Sarasota, so not "city dwellers".   More

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As always, anyone considering moving to anyplace new, including Sarasota, needs to come down and spend a month or two before actually moving here. The city is overrun  More

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