2025 Compare Cities Climate:
Richmond, VA vs Lake Forest, CA

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Highlights
- Lake Forest has 67.9% less rainy days than Richmond.
- Lake Forest has 32.9% more Sunny Days than Richmond.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Lake Forest scores 24.7% better than Richmond
 Richmond, VALake Forest, CAUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock1438
 Snowfall11  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock37106
 Sunny210  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock8586
 Avg. Jan. Low28  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock9.17
 UV Index4.3  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock4892443
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 Lake Forest    16 Reviews

I've lived in Lake Forest for over a decade, before that elsewhere in OC and also up in LA. Lake Forest isn't perfect but it's really improved over the past decade,  More

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As a retired senior who has lived in Lake Forest (formerly El Toro) since 1977 I think LF is a great place if you can afford it. When we moved here in June '77 homes  More

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I’ve lived here for 2 years. Ok, it’s more like a 4 but there are so many idiots downplaying what it’s like here and giving Lake Forest ones and twos. There are a lot of  More

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