2025 Compare Cities Climate:
Richmond, VA vs Olympia, WA

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Highlights
- Olympia has 19.0% more rainy days than Richmond.
- Olympia has 35.2% less Sunny Days than Richmond.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Olympia scores 2.7% worse than Richmond
 Richmond, VAOlympia, WAUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock5338
 Snowfall11  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock167106
 Sunny210  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock7786
 Avg. Jan. Low28  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock7.17
 UV Index4.3  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock922443
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 Olympia    39 Reviews

We moved here from Kitsap Bremerton/Silverdale WA area and this beats it all the way in all material ways. The only reason not to give it 5 stars is the cost of  More

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Over 4 years ago

The city is horrible. The business have been chased out by homeless. The city government makes it for difficult for businesses to thrive. If you like what Seattle is  More

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Having lived all over the world we decided to retire in Olympia and live on the Puget Sound. Yes it rains but the weather can change dramatically in a day with sun and  More

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