2025 Compare Cities Climate:
Richmond, VA vs Alameda, CA

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Highlights
- Alameda has 50.6% less rainy days than Richmond.
- Alameda has 23.3% more Sunny Days than Richmond.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Alameda scores 19.2% better than Richmond
 Richmond, VAAlameda, CAUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock2238
 Snowfall11  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock66106
 Sunny210  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock7186
 Avg. Jan. Low28  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock8.77
 UV Index4.3  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock332443
Reviews for Richmond    109 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

Lived here for a year and it’s not perfect but it’s constantly improving now (areas redevloped, more businesses, job growth). Cost of living is great compared to  More

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Over 4 years ago

We love Richmond so much that when we talk about where we'd like to live if we could live anywhere in the US, we always come back to RVA. We live in the city proper  More

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Over 4 years ago

I'm an out-of-towner but am coming up on 1 year in Richmond. I would summarize it this way: the best thing and the worst thing about Richmond is its location. I'll  More

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Reviews for Alameda    6 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

Having been born here & 70 now I have watched firsthand, a small, quiet town ruined by excessive building, overcrowding and far too many restaurants for a city this  More

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Enjoy the immense benefit to having a close-knit community with main-street USA feel less than 10 miles from the resources of several urban and education  More

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Alameda, CA is a unique town here in the Bay Area. Perhaps because it is an island, or perhaps because for many decades it was a U.S. Army base, the city has never  More

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