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Palo Alto, CA vs Folsom, CA

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Highlights
- Folsom has 20.2% more rainy days than Palo Alto.
- Folsom has 2.3% more Sunny Days than Palo Alto.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Folsom scores 5.7% worse than Palo Alto
 Palo Alto, CAFolsom, CAUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock2138
 Snowfall0  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock59106
 Sunny261  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock9486
 Avg. Jan. Low41  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock8.37
 UV Index5.1  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock2202443
Reviews for Palo Alto    8 Reviews

The Bay Area in general, but Palo Alto specifically provides many of the qualities sought by many; the climate is beautiful, there is access to cultural and recreational  More

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Over 17 years ago

Very  More

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Over 18 years ago

VTA and SamsTrans and Caltrain all provide good service and most times frequency of service is  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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