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Portales, NM vs Fort Collins, CO

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- Fort Collins has 11.9% less rainy days than Portales.
- Fort Collins has 13.2% less Sunny Days than Portales.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Fort Collins scores 10.0% worse than Portales
 Portales, NMFort Collins, COUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock1638
 Snowfall8  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock90106
 Sunny273  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock8786
 Avg. Jan. Low23  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock7.27
 UV Index6.2  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock50032443
Reviews for Portales    10 Reviews

In a single sentence, this is a town that is slowly dying in the desert- and nobody here cares. Why- because the people who run this town were born in the 1940's or  More

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Over 6 years ago

I love portales new.Mexico they have nice people I like boys cute boys that the high school  More

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If you like boring, low wages, and high unemployment for mediocre jobs, and ultra-conservatism then this is the place for you.  More

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Reviews for Fort Collins    71 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

Moved my family here a few months ago and have been so disappointed. Housing is dismal - you get low quality and almost nothing for what you’re paying. The house we’re  More

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Over 4 years ago

There is a high cost of living in all of Colorado, and there is a train that runs through the town a honks its horn for about 5 min straight which is very annoying  More

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My family established our home in Larimer County in 1973; this area, Fort Collins, was a quaint, western-ish town we loved to visit. So I’ve visited FoCo multiple times  More

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