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Placerville, CA vs South Lake Tahoe, CA

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- South Lake Tahoe has 40.1% less rainy days than Placerville.
- South Lake Tahoe has 2.0% more Sunny Days than Placerville.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, South Lake Tahoe scores 16.3% worse than Placerville
 Placerville, CASouth Lake Tahoe, CAUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock2338
 Snowfall2  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock61106
 Sunny244  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock8086
 Avg. Jan. Low36  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock6.77
 UV Index4.8  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock62372443
Reviews for Placerville    6 Reviews

We've lived in PV for over 20 years, having moved from the LA area. We chose to move here while working with the intent on retiring here and commuted to Sacramento to  More

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Over 12 years ago

We have built our retirement home here completed in 2013. Still a few years away from moving in (kid's college & weddings) but we are really looking forward to it. We  More

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Over 17 years ago

Placerville is a Republican Island in a Blue State- all of the politics are dominated by San Francisco and L.A. limosine liberals, and how they vote controls state  More

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Reviews for South Lake Tahoe    10 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

Pretty boring town. Very run down and seedy too. Lake is nothing special either. I much prefer the Pacific coast or even the Atlantic coast or great  More

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Seriously I don't get what the big deal about this dump is everything is grossly overpriced scenery is boring and not at all interesting very boring nothing to do very  More

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Over 5 years ago

Beautiful place to live. This site has most of the details wrong, has somehow lumped it together with Sacramento. Elevation is 6250 feet at the lake. Weather is cold in  More

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