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

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Highlights
- Barstow has 88.5% less rainy days than Richmond.
- Barstow has 33.8% more Sunny Days than Richmond.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Barstow scores 6.8% better than Richmond
 Richmond, VABarstow, CAUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock538
 Snowfall11  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock25106
 Sunny210  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock10286
 Avg. Jan. Low28  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock7.87
 UV Index4.3  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock21752443
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 Barstow    14 Reviews

Mike · 

The positive of Barstow- yes there is something positive that can be said about Barstow. At least it's not as bad as South Lake Tahoe. The only reason it gets 2 stars  More

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Over 7 years ago

Just a place to travel thru. Cheap alternative to LA suburbs, about 70 miles or Palm Springs. It is in high Mojave desert, hot in the summer, 100-110, can get down  More

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Be careful is all I can say. I moved there with the focus to buy a home the investor Cliff Unegbu AKA Clifford Unegbu will rip off as many people as he can and use  More

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