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Monument, CO vs Thornton, CO

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- Thornton has 25.1% less rainy days than Monument.
- Thornton has 2.0% less Sunny Days than Monument.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Thornton scores 7.4% better than Monument
 Monument, COThornton, COUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock1638
 Snowfall96  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock77106
 Sunny250  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock9086
 Avg. Jan. Low16  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock7.37
 UV Index5.3  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock53482443
Reviews for Monument    2 Reviews

Over 16 years ago

if you think COS is nice, monument can't be  More

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Over 18 years ago

Monument is located about 10 miles north of the Colorado Springs city limits on I-25 cooridor. We are 2 exits north of the Air Force Academy. We enjoy a "small town"  More

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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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