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Palo Alto, CA vs Santa Fe, NM

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Highlights
- Santa Fe has 12.7% less rainy days than Palo Alto.
- Santa Fe has 8.4% more Sunny Days than Palo Alto.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Santa Fe scores 14.8% worse than Palo Alto
 Palo Alto, CASanta Fe, NMUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock1538
 Snowfall0  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock66106
 Sunny261  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock8686
 Avg. Jan. Low41  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock7.57
 UV Index5.1  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock69952443
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

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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 Santa Fe    55 Reviews

I’ve recently moved to Santa Fe from Colorado. I love Santa Fe for various reasons… mostly because of the tricultural aspects of it. We have amazing Native American,  More

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Over 6 years ago

Bought a house here in 2013 and split my time here with other house in Adirondack Mountains of NYS. Santa Fe is great, but not perfect. Love the climate. 306 days of  More

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Over 6 years ago

The only 2 things about Santa Fe that are nice is the scenery and the weather. But, those two things cannot bring about the total comfort and homeyness that makes a city  More

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