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Portland, OR vs Elko, NV

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Highlights
- Elko has 75.0% less rainy days than Portland.
- Elko has 60.4% more Sunny Days than Portland.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Elko scores 9.3% worse than Portland
 Portland, ORElko, NVUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock1138
 Snowfall3  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock74106
 Sunny144  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock9086
 Avg. Jan. Low36  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock6.87
 UV Index3  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock50662443
Reviews for Portland    386 Reviews

I lived in Portland for 19 years (I've also lived in Boise, ID, the Bay Area, Austin, TX and now Nampa, ID). It drives me nuts when people try to give a large city a  More

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One of the best cities in America. Food scene is the best in the world. Weather is preferable over places where you have the same weather year round. I enjoy the  More

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I moved from Houston to Portland about a year ago. I remember reading the reviews on here and it making me second guess moving before I did, so I wanted to come back and  More

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Reviews for Elko    4 Reviews

Elko is like all small Nevada towns - limited in many things and the only change as far as the eye can see are over priced housing starts, drugs and crime. I really like  More

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Over 16 years ago

Spent my teen years in Elko & my parents still live there. It is extremely isolated. Life revolves around the mining industry. The old ranching families that live  More

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Over 17 years ago

Elko has an economy that is fairly typical of mining areas, that is, boom and bust. I've lived here for about 16 or so years. It's boomed tremendously twice and busted  More

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