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

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Highlights
- Fresno has 71.6% less rainy days than Richmond.
- Fresno has 29.0% more Sunny Days than Richmond.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Fresno scores 9.6% better than Richmond
 Richmond, VAFresno, CAUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock1338
 Snowfall11  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock48106
 Sunny210  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock9886
 Avg. Jan. Low28  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock87
 UV Index4.3  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock3082443
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 Fresno    77 Reviews

I'm not gonna say this city is terrible, but it certainly has many issues that need to be taken care of and unfortunately the city council has done a poor job keeping up  More

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I've lived in Fresno my entire life and when I became an adult, I began to realize how much being a resident here really sucks, it might be cheaper than most other  More

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Lived here since 2002. I may be flamed for this, but.. total dump and I would rate 0 stars if I could. You only really move here to move out. As good as a gas stop.  More

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