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Meridian, ID vs Portland, ME

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- Portland has 348.6% more rainy days than Meridian.
- Portland has 3.8% less Sunny Days than Meridian.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Portland scores 11.0% worse than Meridian
 Meridian, IDPortland, MEUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock4938
 Snowfall10  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock128106
 Sunny211  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock7986
 Avg. Jan. Low24  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock6.57
 UV Index4.1  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock622443
Reviews for Meridian    18 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

New to the area and so far we think it's a great place to live compared to Denver, where we moved from. Quality of life is so much better here! A lot less traffic than  More

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I have been here since 2013 and have watched child after child be diagnosed with Cancer. Many of the children have been diagnosed with "rare" Cancers. It has been  More

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Over 7 years ago

It has changed a lot over the years... Crime rates are still low and people are overall still nice HOWEVER way too many people are moving to my wonderful town! All the  More

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Reviews for Portland    35 Reviews

Used to be great before the pandemic. Now people from out of state have ruined it by paying New York prices for real estate site unseen. Why would you live in Maine when  More

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Over 4 years ago

I have never lived here but the lack of Jimmy John’s is depressing and makes me wish I was deceased.  More

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Reggie · 
Over 7 years ago

I found out I was allergic to corn on the cob here. I would give Portland twelve thumbs downs if I could. My friend told me there was a subway here and I thought he  More

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