2025 Compare Cities Climate:
Park Rapids, MN vs Rochester, MN

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- Rochester has 24.6% more rainy days than Park Rapids.
- Rochester has 9.1% less Sunny Days than Park Rapids.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Rochester scores 4.8% better than Park Rapids
 Park Rapids, MNRochester, MNUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock3438
 Snowfall45  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock109106
 Sunny198  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock8286
 Avg. Jan. Low-3  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock6.57
 UV Index3  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock10242443
Reviews for Park Rapids    1 Reviews

Over 12 years ago

if your looking for a good work place that pays well were your most likly to get hired is in park rapids witch is one walmart all tough you will get a job if you know  More

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Reviews for Rochester    31 Reviews

Roch (and Minnesota) is a great place IF you live off the govt dole; subsidize undesirable things (through generous welfare benefits, lax law enforcement and sentences,  More

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Rochester is very vanilla. As a progressive, this place is not good. The area leans conservative and you'll see Trump signs everywhere... so that tells you the type of  More

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Over 5 years ago

I moved here over 20 years ago from California and I was in shock for the first couple of years that people actually lived in such a cold climate! Winter starts around  More

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