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Miami, FL vs Santa Monica, CA

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Highlights
- Santa Monica has 76.9% less rainy days than Miami.
- Santa Monica has 13.3% more Sunny Days than Miami.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Santa Monica scores 43.8% better than Miami
 Miami, FLSanta Monica, CAUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock1438
 Snowfall0  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock30106
 Sunny248  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock7486
 Avg. Jan. Low61  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock9.27
 UV Index7.2  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock1052443
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 Monica    24 Reviews

I moved here to Santa Monica over 10 years ago from Oklahoma City. I was surprised to see that Oklahoma City was ranked higher than Santa Monica on best places. I  More

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I've lived in Santa Monica for over 30 years. It's a Mediterranean climate--sunny and temperate when the rest of the country is under snow! I am walking distance to  More

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I have lived in this city for 4 decades, and it is never been worse than it is now. It is a dangerous disgusting hell hole. Between the crime, the homeless that are not  More

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