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Portland, OR vs South Lake Tahoe, CA

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- South Lake Tahoe has 45.6% less rainy days than Portland.
- South Lake Tahoe has 72.9% more Sunny Days than Portland.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, South Lake Tahoe scores 10.7% worse than Portland
 Portland, ORSouth Lake Tahoe, CAUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock2338
 Snowfall3  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock61106
 Sunny144  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock8086
 Avg. Jan. Low36  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock6.77
 UV Index3  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock62372443
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 South Lake Tahoe    10 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

Pretty boring town. Very run down and seedy too. Lake is nothing special either. I much prefer the Pacific coast or even the Atlantic coast or great  More

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Seriously I don't get what the big deal about this dump is everything is grossly overpriced scenery is boring and not at all interesting very boring nothing to do very  More

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Over 5 years ago

Beautiful place to live. This site has most of the details wrong, has somehow lumped it together with Sacramento. Elevation is 6250 feet at the lake. Weather is cold in  More

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