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Palm Springs, CA vs Folsom, CA

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- Folsom has 300.0% more rainy days than Palm Springs.
- Folsom has 0.7% less Sunny Days than Palm Springs.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Folsom scores 12.2% better than Palm Springs
 Palm Springs, CAFolsom, CAUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock2138
 Snowfall0  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock59106
 Sunny269  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock9486
 Avg. Jan. Low46  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock8.37
 UV Index5.7  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock2202443
Reviews for Palm Springs    12 Reviews

I lived in Palm Springs for 12 years and initially it appeared to be quite beautiful. The mountains are beautiful and palm trees, very stress-free and manageable.  More

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Over 5 years ago

14 years is plenty long enough. This is a nice place to visit, not live. In the last 20 years the air quality, especially in the summer has deteriorated considerably.  More

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Ghetto Crime City with lots of glitz... Police do nothing. Called 911 three times in a year: twice, no response. Provided the license plate of the criminals in two  More

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Reviews for Folsom    15 Reviews

Over 10 years ago

Folsom has the worst air quality of any city in the Sacramento region per Sac Metro Air Quality Management. Do not move there if u have any respiratory issues, or u like  More

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Over 12 years ago

Folsom is a great little town of about 70,000 people. A half hour from Sacramento, an hour and a half from Tahoe, it sits in a good location at about 320 feet altitude.  More

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I think Folsom is ideal in many ways but it shares Sacramento's lousy air quality (1.5 out of 100 per this site). Sometimes it's worse than Sacramento when a smog  More

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