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Northampton, MA vs Portland, ME

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Highlights
- Portland has 4.5% more rainy days than Northampton.
- Portland has 7.4% more Sunny Days than Northampton.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Portland scores 4.4% worse than Northampton
 Northampton, MAPortland, MEUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock4938
 Snowfall41  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock128106
 Sunny189  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock7986
 Avg. Jan. Low12  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock6.57
 UV Index3.3  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock622443
Reviews for Northampton    6 Reviews

I was born in Northampton in the 1960"s and have lived other places but always came back to live here. My two children were born here too. What draws be back to  More

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The greater Northampton, MA area is generally a pretty good place to live, if you're interested in Western MA or southern New England in general. MA is more affordable  More

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Northampton is a very progressive, diverse, liberal small city where you will find so much to do in just the downtown area alone. Music, shopping, restaurants, bars,  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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