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New Canaan, CT vs Sarasota, FL

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Highlights
- Sarasota has 8.5% more rainy days than New Canaan.
- Sarasota has 24.3% more Sunny Days than New Canaan.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Sarasota scores 2.9% worse than New Canaan
 New Canaan, CTSarasota, FLUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock5638
 Snowfall34  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock106106
 Sunny202  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock9186
 Avg. Jan. Low20  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock6.87
 UV Index3.4  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock202443
Reviews for New Canaan    3 Reviews

Over 15 years ago

Beautiful town with wonderful people. Great place to raise children, however, it is extremely costly to live  More

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Over 16 years ago

Agreed, cost of living is too high, too many wall streeters (which have a bad rep nowadays), and diversity is almost non-existant, public schools are average/good but  More

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Outside of the other categories, which run very well here; schools are good and competitive, climate is relatively mild, crime is very low, diversity is strong, culture  More

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Reviews for Sarasota    105 Reviews

Sarasota is my home from birth but those of us who have lived here long enough to have seen the devolution of what was once an easy to navigate, clean, low crime beach  More

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Starting to love Sarasota: Wife and I moved to Osprey- a small suburb between Sarasota and Venice. We're about 13 miles to downtown Sarasota, so not "city dwellers".   More

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As always, anyone considering moving to anyplace new, including Sarasota, needs to come down and spend a month or two before actually moving here. The city is overrun  More

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