2025 Compare Cities Climate:
Raleigh, NC vs Santa Fe, NM

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Highlights
- Santa Fe has 67.0% less rainy days than Raleigh.
- Santa Fe has 32.9% more Sunny Days than Raleigh.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Santa Fe scores 0.0% worse than Raleigh
 Raleigh, NCSanta Fe, NMUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock1538
 Snowfall4  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock66106
 Sunny213  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock8686
 Avg. Jan. Low30  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock7.57
 UV Index4.9  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock69952443
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 Santa Fe    55 Reviews

I’ve recently moved to Santa Fe from Colorado. I love Santa Fe for various reasons… mostly because of the tricultural aspects of it. We have amazing Native American,  More

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Over 6 years ago

Bought a house here in 2013 and split my time here with other house in Adirondack Mountains of NYS. Santa Fe is great, but not perfect. Love the climate. 306 days of  More

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Over 6 years ago

The only 2 things about Santa Fe that are nice is the scenery and the weather. But, those two things cannot bring about the total comfort and homeyness that makes a city  More

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