2025 Compare Cities Climate:
Raleigh, NC vs Mesa, AZ

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Highlights
- Mesa has 77.9% less rainy days than Raleigh.
- Mesa has 41.3% more Sunny Days than Raleigh.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Mesa scores 2.7% worse than Raleigh
 Raleigh, NCMesa, AZUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock1038
 Snowfall4  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock36106
 Sunny213  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock10586
 Avg. Jan. Low30  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock7.37
 UV Index4.9  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock12402443
Reviews for Raleigh    224 Reviews

I moved to Raleigh in 2018. Before that, I lived in Orange County CA, Boulder CO, South Africa, Northern California, Arizona, and Toronto. I say all this to give  More

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Excellent for a great many people or categories of people. As far as prices: ratio of wage and job opportunity here with housing remains one of the better ones in the  More

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Over 2 years ago

I attended university here in the early 90s and came back around 2005 and never left. I'm surprised at the other negative reviews honestly. Yes, housing is pricey in  More

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Reviews for Mesa    61 Reviews

Mesa is a really good city despite some trouble with Superstition Springs and the failure that is Fiesta Mall, there is nice areas throughout and some areas that need to  More

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Over 2 years ago

As someone who was born in Mesa and has lived here in the 85210 in Dobson Ranch for the last 13 years after moving out from Chandler. I can tell you that most of the  More

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I’m a native to Arizona and growing up here has taught me that people just don’t care, and the Mormon community is huge! It’s normal in the state of AZ for kids to start  More

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