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Portland, ME vs Lewiston, ME

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Highlights
- Lewiston has 2.5% less rainy days than Portland.
- Lewiston has 3.0% less Sunny Days than Portland.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Lewiston scores 3.1% worse than Portland
 Portland, MELewiston, MEUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock4838
 Snowfall61  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock132106
 Sunny203  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock7986
 Avg. Jan. Low11  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock6.37
 UV Index2.8  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock2172443
Reviews for Portland    35 Reviews

Used to be great before the pandemic. Now people from out of state have ruined it by paying New York prices for real estate site unseen. Why would you live in Maine when  More

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Over 4 years ago

I have never lived here but the lack of Jimmy John’s is depressing and makes me wish I was deceased.  More

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Reggie · 
Over 7 years ago

I found out I was allergic to corn on the cob here. I would give Portland twelve thumbs downs if I could. My friend told me there was a subway here and I thought he  More

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Reviews for Lewiston    7 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

Sadley, there's little hope if this town can rise up to overcome the extreme poverty of this socio-economical class in an underserved community, unless... PARENTS do  More

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I have lived and worked in Lewiston-Auburn for nearly 30 years and I think it's a wonderful place to raise a family. We sent both our kids to the Lewiston public  More

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Despite years of efforts to revitalize Maine's second largest city, it seems Lewiston will always be joked about as the "armpit" of the State. City and State leaders  More

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