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Palo Alto, CA vs Hillsboro, OR

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- Hillsboro has 126.6% more rainy days than Palo Alto.
- Hillsboro has 45.6% less Sunny Days than Palo Alto.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Hillsboro scores 14.8% worse than Palo Alto
 Palo Alto, CAHillsboro, ORUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock3938
 Snowfall0  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock156106
 Sunny261  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock8186
 Avg. Jan. Low41  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock7.57
 UV Index5.1  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock1942443
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 Hillsboro    10 Reviews

Hillsboro is definitely an improvement over Portland Oregon which went from a beautiful city to a major dump full of homelessness, garbage and crime. We had lived in  More

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Over 2 years ago

I've lived in HIllsboro twice. It is a very diverse part of Portland with tons of immigrants and the best rural flare in the  More

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We lived here for seven years. What we loved about it was it was close to family; everything was close for doctors, shopping, libraries, parks,etc; and much was in  More

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