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Poughkeepsie, NY vs Columbia, MD

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Highlights
- Columbia has 4.3% less rainy days than Poughkeepsie.
- Columbia has 28.5% more Sunny Days than Poughkeepsie.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Columbia scores 5.8% better than Poughkeepsie
 Poughkeepsie, NYColumbia, MDUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock4538
 Snowfall42  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock114106
 Sunny165  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock8886
 Avg. Jan. Low15  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock7.37
 UV Index3.6  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock4042443
Reviews for Poughkeepsie    10 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

I have mixed feelings about Poughkeepsie because there are equally as many things I love about that town as there are things I hate about it so I'm just going to write a  More

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Over 12 years ago

Prices are high here. housing is easily 25-30percent of our monthly  More

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Over 13 years ago

It'd be great if jobs were available. This city is OK but COL is so much higher in NY than where I was raised in South Maybe I should head  More

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Reviews for Columbia    28 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

Lived here for a while, beautiful opportunities, pays well, overall nice  More

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Been here 30 years was great at first but once they added a transit bus from baltimore to columbia 15-18 years ago that was the beginning of the end. And about 5 years  More

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Columbia can be described in one word: unequal. The neighborhood I live in, River Hill, is jam-packed with almost million-dollar homes, while the neighborhoods of Long  More

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