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Miami, FL vs Bakersfield, CA

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Highlights
- Bakersfield has 87.9% less rainy days than Miami.
- Bakersfield has 9.7% more Sunny Days than Miami.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Bakersfield scores 26.6% better than Miami
 Miami, FLBakersfield, CAUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock738
 Snowfall0  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock38106
 Sunny248  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock9786
 Avg. Jan. Low61  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock8.17
 UV Index7.2  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock4042443
Reviews for Miami    189 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

Great vacation spot with the best clubs and food. Wynwood and the Miami Design District are the best, just be careful at night. Area tends to jack prices up around  More

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Miami is rapidly devolving into a filthy, crime ridden, unattractive extension of Central America and South America. The population is a bunch of rude entitled dependent  More

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Beautiful place, well into the late 20th Century ... clean, safe, fun, peaceful. Started seeing elements of crap, just a tiny bit, back around 1980. Now what changed  More

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Reviews for Bakersfield    75 Reviews

I am a millennial, born and raised here. As someone who wrestled with staying for years, there are a lot of valid reasons to not come to Bakersfield. Air quality, summer  More

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Over 5 years ago

I have lived here all of my life. 40+ years. It used to be fun and kinda safe but now it is so scary to go outside. We are literally a homeless dumping ground and there  More

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I moved here from Seattle 25 years ago, when it had a population of 200,000, and practically the only place to get coffee was a place called “Duke’s Ranch”. Why did I  More

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