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Portland, OR vs Sarasota, FL

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Highlights
- Sarasota has 30.8% more rainy days than Portland.
- Sarasota has 74.3% more Sunny Days than Portland.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Sarasota scores 9.3% worse than Portland
 Portland, ORSarasota, FLUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock5638
 Snowfall3  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock106106
 Sunny144  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock9186
 Avg. Jan. Low36  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock6.87
 UV Index3  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock202443
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 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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