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Nevada City, CA vs South Lake Tahoe, CA

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- South Lake Tahoe has 60.0% less rainy days than Nevada City.
- South Lake Tahoe has 4.2% more Sunny Days than Nevada City.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, South Lake Tahoe scores 13.0% worse than Nevada City
 Nevada City, CASouth Lake Tahoe, CAUnited States
 Rainfall582338
 Snowfall1514228
 Precipitation8261106
 Sunny239249205
 Avg. July High888086
 Avg. Jan. Low332122
 Comfort Index (higher=better)7.76.77
 UV Index54.84.3
 Elevation247762372443
Reviews for Nevada City    6 Reviews

Over 6 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 8 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 South Lake Tahoe    10 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

Pretty boring town. Very run down and seedy too. Lake is nothing special either. I much prefer the Pacific coast or even the Atlantic coast or great  More

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Seriously I don't get what the big deal about this dump is everything is grossly overpriced scenery is boring and not at all interesting very boring nothing to do very  More

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Over 4 years ago

Beautiful place to live. This site has most of the details wrong, has somehow lumped it together with Sacramento. Elevation is 6250 feet at the lake. Weather is cold in  More

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