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Plant City, FL vs Sarasota, FL

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- Sarasota has 4.3% more rainy days than Plant City.
- Sarasota has 3.7% more Sunny Days than Plant City.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Sarasota scores 1.5% better than Plant City
 Plant City, FLSarasota, FLUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock5638
 Snowfall0  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock106106
 Sunny242  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock9186
 Avg. Jan. Low50  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock6.87
 UV Index6.9  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock202443
Reviews for Plant City    7 Reviews

Plant City used to be known primarily as a farming community with not much else going on. Now its beginning to grow out of that stigma, and lately has been having new  More

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Outside of the weather, which in MISERABLE with heat and humidity, PC is a quaint rural town who wants to remain quaint and rural. 25 years ago all Plant City had, was  More

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When it comes to weather and comfort, Plant City is in a word God-awful, unless you have a high tolerance for heat and humidity. Though nearby Tampa/St. Pete may be in  More

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Reviews for Sarasota    105 Reviews

Sarasota is my home from birth but those of us who have lived here long enough to have seen the devolution of what was once an easy to navigate, clean, low crime beach  More

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Starting to love Sarasota: Wife and I moved to Osprey- a small suburb between Sarasota and Venice. We're about 13 miles to downtown Sarasota, so not "city dwellers".   More

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As always, anyone considering moving to anyplace new, including Sarasota, needs to come down and spend a month or two before actually moving here. The city is overrun  More

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