2025 Compare Cities Climate:
Richmond, VA vs Mesa, AZ

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Highlights
- Mesa has 77.2% less rainy days than Richmond.
- Mesa has 43.3% more Sunny Days than Richmond.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Mesa scores 0.0% worse than Richmond
 Richmond, VAMesa, AZUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock1038
 Snowfall11  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock36106
 Sunny210  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock10586
 Avg. Jan. Low28  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock7.37
 UV Index4.3  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock12402443
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 Mesa    61 Reviews

Mesa is a really good city despite some trouble with Superstition Springs and the failure that is Fiesta Mall, there is nice areas throughout and some areas that need to  More

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Over 2 years ago

As someone who was born in Mesa and has lived here in the 85210 in Dobson Ranch for the last 13 years after moving out from Chandler. I can tell you that most of the  More

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I’m a native to Arizona and growing up here has taught me that people just don’t care, and the Mormon community is huge! It’s normal in the state of AZ for kids to start  More

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