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Nevada City, CA vs Alturas, CA

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- Alturas has 77.5% less rainy days than Nevada City.
- Alturas has 2.5% more Sunny Days than Nevada City.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Alturas scores 9.1% worse than Nevada City
 Nevada City, CAAlturas, CAUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock1338
 Snowfall15  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock80106
 Sunny239  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock8886
 Avg. Jan. Low33  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock77
 UV Index5  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock43702443
Reviews for Nevada City    6 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

I lived in Y.C Ca for 14 yrs and Nevada City became my favorite town to visit. The restaurants are great, the night life is mellow but you get a variety of music...shoos  More

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We are seriously considering a move to Nevada City. I have a lot of questions about what it will be like for a liberal-minded family with a teenage son. Will he find  More

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Over 9 years ago

I have been coming here since I was a child. I am from the bay area, the town I grew up in was small and I met my husband there. We raised our children there. The  More

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Reviews for Alturas    5 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

Crime seems unreasonably high for this area. Shame. Guess there is no place void of California’s problems. Even way up in the North out in the  More

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I visited there years ago and camped at Blue Lake in the Warner Mts. This is America as it was in the 1950's, minus all our modern  More

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Over 14 years ago

I am considering buying an acreage north of Alturas, could anyone tell me what the water table is for drilling? I would appreciate it. Also are there alot of timber 8  More

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