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

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Highlights
- Merced has 71.8% less rainy days than Richmond.
- Merced has 24.8% more Sunny Days than Richmond.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Merced scores 11.0% better than Richmond
 Richmond, VAMerced, CAUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock1338
 Snowfall11  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock55106
 Sunny210  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock9586
 Avg. Jan. Low28  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock8.17
 UV Index4.3  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock1712443
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 Merced    44 Reviews

Merced is totally slept on - you want a little bit of everything CA has to offer, at a fraction of the price of other CA cities? Merced is the place to go. The town  More

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Over 5 years ago

Good place to live. More affordable than most of california. The city is growing and there is alot of business and growth here. Moved from the Bay area years ago and  More

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Great place to live. Lots of progress and changes coming to the city. Great place to raise a family. UC Merced is expanding and businesses are investing. Downtown is  More

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