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Matthews, NC vs Thornton, CO

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- Thornton has 64.9% less rainy days than Matthews.
- Thornton has 15.0% more Sunny Days than Matthews.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Thornton scores 2.7% worse than Matthews
 Matthews, NCThornton, COUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock1638
 Snowfall4  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock77106
 Sunny213  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock9086
 Avg. Jan. Low31  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock7.37
 UV Index4.6  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock53482443
Reviews for Matthews    2 Reviews

Over 16 years ago

Matthews is a suburb of Charlotte. It's big advantage over Charlotte is that you are on the edge of the rural areas, and it is safer. Don't expect to save any on taxes  More

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Over 19 years ago

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Reviews for Thornton    5 Reviews

Good place. Very suburbany (similar to the Springs). The houses are very small and old and yet still very expensive (albeit cheaper than southern Denver). Actually lots  More

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Over 5 years ago

I like Denver metro, but some cities aren’t too great. Thornton being one of them. Moved here because of highway access, and convenience to DIA for business travel. Am  More

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Over 10 years ago

The quality of life here in not good. The traffic is bad all the time. To try to get to the mountains takes forever! Also most lakes along the front range you can't even  More

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