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Northampton, MA vs Sarasota, FL

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Highlights
- Sarasota has 19.7% more rainy days than Northampton.
- Sarasota has 32.8% more Sunny Days than Northampton.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Sarasota scores 0.0% worse than Northampton
 Northampton, MASarasota, FLUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock5638
 Snowfall41  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock106106
 Sunny189  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock9186
 Avg. Jan. Low12  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock6.87
 UV Index3.3  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock202443
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 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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