2025 Compare Cities Climate:
New York, NY vs Portland, ME

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Highlights
- Portland has 4.9% more rainy days than New York.
- Portland has 9.4% less Sunny Days than New York.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Portland scores 11.0% worse than New York
 New York, NYPortland, MEUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock4938
 Snowfall25  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock128106
 Sunny224  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock7986
 Avg. Jan. Low26  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock6.57
 UV Index3.8  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock622443
Reviews for New York    330 Reviews

I'm from the South and the perception I had was that New York was a filthy slum full of sketchy people and crime. I visited it, and it's actually on the other end of the  More

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New York City is crazy Great there are to many things to do and see in NYC for anyone to ever complain about the city other than most Of the population with stacked on  More

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Over 4 years ago

filthy. deplorable. weak character. the people of new york aren't classy, they're not even decent. rude, obnoxious, arrogant, and smug, and to make it all worse there's  More

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Reviews for Portland    35 Reviews

Used to be great before the pandemic. Now people from out of state have ruined it by paying New York prices for real estate site unseen. Why would you live in Maine when  More

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Over 4 years ago

I have never lived here but the lack of Jimmy John’s is depressing and makes me wish I was deceased.  More

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Reggie · 
Over 7 years ago

I found out I was allergic to corn on the cob here. I would give Portland twelve thumbs downs if I could. My friend told me there was a subway here and I thought he  More

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