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Purcellville, VA vs Sarasota, FL

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- Sarasota has 33.0% more rainy days than Purcellville.
- Sarasota has 28.7% more Sunny Days than Purcellville.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Sarasota scores 5.6% worse than Purcellville
 Purcellville, VASarasota, FLUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock5638
 Snowfall21  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock106106
 Sunny195  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock9186
 Avg. Jan. Low21  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock6.87
 UV Index4  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock202443
Reviews for Purcellville    1 Reviews

Over 15 years ago

Housing in this area is expensive, especially for being located so far away (> 15 min drive) from a major shopping  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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