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Port Townsend, WA vs Folsom, CA

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- Folsom has 9.2% less rainy days than Port Townsend.
- Folsom has 71.2% more Sunny Days than Port Townsend.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Folsom scores 13.7% better than Port Townsend
 Port Townsend, WAFolsom, CAUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock2138
 Snowfall2  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock59106
 Sunny156  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock9486
 Avg. Jan. Low36  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock8.37
 UV Index2.6  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock2202443
Reviews for Port Townsend    8 Reviews

We live a little over an hour away and absolutely love Port Townsend and the surrounding areas. There are a lot of surprises. There are great places to eat, live music,  More

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I loved living in Port Townsend for about 20 years. It’s a quiet and safe town with several festivals, art, music, and more. The main economy is centered around tourism  More

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Transplant Californians are selling their shacks for a million, and purchasing homes here for twice what they should cost due to supply and demand. Port Townsend is a  More

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Reviews for Folsom    15 Reviews

Over 10 years ago

Folsom has the worst air quality of any city in the Sacramento region per Sac Metro Air Quality Management. Do not move there if u have any respiratory issues, or u like  More

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Over 12 years ago

Folsom is a great little town of about 70,000 people. A half hour from Sacramento, an hour and a half from Tahoe, it sits in a good location at about 320 feet altitude.  More

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I think Folsom is ideal in many ways but it shares Sacramento's lousy air quality (1.5 out of 100 per this site). Sometimes it's worse than Sacramento when a smog  More

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