2025 Compare Cities Climate:
Richmond, VA vs Long Beach, CA

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Highlights
- Long Beach has 69.3% less rainy days than Richmond.
- Long Beach has 36.7% more Sunny Days than Richmond.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Long Beach scores 27.4% better than Richmond
 Richmond, VALong Beach, CAUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock1438
 Snowfall11  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock32106
 Sunny210  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock7986
 Avg. Jan. Low28  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock9.37
 UV Index4.3  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock302443
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 Long Beach    45 Reviews

Local born and bred. This place is going down the drain. Crime is up, housing is up, yuppies finding nothing wrong with it since they want to validate spending 3k on a 2  More

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Angelique · 
Over 5 years ago

I love Long Beach. I especially shoreline village and the aquarium of the pacific. The only big problem here (for me) is crime. Otherwise, nice  More

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Over 7 years ago

The cost of living is extremely high and there are way too many apartments or multi unit homes which have no parking. But with everyone living on top of each other it  More

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