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Petaluma, CA vs Visalia, CA

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Highlights
- Visalia has 64.1% less rainy days than Petaluma.
- Visalia has 5.8% more Sunny Days than Petaluma.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Visalia scores 2.4% worse than Petaluma
 Petaluma, CAVisalia, CAUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock1138
 Snowfall0  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock43106
 Sunny260  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock9586
 Avg. Jan. Low39  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock8.27
 UV Index4.9  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock3312443
Reviews for Petaluma    16 Reviews

I agree with the low star reviews. Been here for 25 years, raised a family and seen everything turn to the left and worse. Weather is glorious, love the old Victorians  More

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We’ve lived here for 3 years and we love it. It has taken some time to grow on us. We moved from SF where we had lived over 15 years, we were not used to one year leases  More

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I’ve lived here a couple of years (after living in others parts of the Bay Area for 15+ years) and I love it! Great neighborhoods, friendly folks, good schools with  More

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Reviews for Visalia    27 Reviews

I've lived in the city of Visalia for 3 years now. Relocated to accommodate a territory sales job. If I were allowed, I'd go w. a 3 1/2 Star rating. If not for the  More

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Quite possibly the most miserable city/town I have lived in. Why?: * Air quality is toxic and dangerous from a combination of intensive agricultural farming and diesel  More

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So Visalia's NE, NW, SW, and Downtown are nice areas. The worst part of town is north of Houston between Dinuba BLVD and Ben Maddox. Here you will see lots of  More

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