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Murrieta, CA vs Rochester, MN

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- Rochester has 182.5% more rainy days than Murrieta.
- Rochester has 34.5% less Sunny Days than Murrieta.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Rochester scores 23.5% worse than Murrieta
 Murrieta, CARochester, MNUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock3438
 Snowfall0  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock109106
 Sunny275  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock8286
 Avg. Jan. Low41  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock6.57
 UV Index5.7  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock10242443
Reviews for Murrieta    39 Reviews

Paul · 
Over 2 years ago

Very expensive to rent here. Many apartments in Murrieta charge as much as $2,300 for a single bedroom. But this is California, so maybe it’s cheaper than LA or Orange  More

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I moved here for my wife's job. It's a cookie cutter middle class community that costs 2-3 times as much as Texas. Homes aren't custom. They are tract homes on small  More

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George · 

A great place to live and raise a family. It’s a quintessential bedroom community. Very safe. Violent crime is a rarity here. Property crime is very low here too.  More

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Reviews for Rochester    31 Reviews

Roch (and Minnesota) is a great place IF you live off the govt dole; subsidize undesirable things (through generous welfare benefits, lax law enforcement and sentences,  More

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Rochester is very vanilla. As a progressive, this place is not good. The area leans conservative and you'll see Trump signs everywhere... so that tells you the type of  More

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Over 5 years ago

I moved here over 20 years ago from California and I was in shock for the first couple of years that people actually lived in such a cold climate! Winter starts around  More

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