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Miami, FL vs Santa Cruz, CA

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Highlights
- Santa Cruz has 45.2% less rainy days than Miami.
- Santa Cruz has 5.6% more Sunny Days than Miami.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Santa Cruz scores 32.8% better than Miami
 Miami, FLSanta Cruz, CAUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock3338
 Snowfall0  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock69106
 Sunny248  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock7786
 Avg. Jan. Low61  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock8.57
 UV Index7.2  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock362443
Reviews for Miami    189 Reviews

Over 1 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 Santa Cruz    44 Reviews

I lived in the Santa Cruz area for 20 years. UCSC alum. Our kids were born there. There are wonderful things about Santa Cruz, but also many serious problems that we  More

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Over 5 years ago

I have been here for four generations! My kids are the fifth. I guess that should tell you how wonderful it is here, at least for us. It's so cool to have world class  More

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I was born over the hill in San Jose area, and as a kid I loved coming over to the boardwalk. Santa Cruz has always been and always will be a town of diversity,  More

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