2026 Compare Cities Climate:
Richmond, VA vs Pacific Grove, CA

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Highlights
- Pacific Grove has 58.7% less rainy days than Richmond.
- Pacific Grove has 27.1% more Sunny Days than Richmond.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Pacific Grove scores 12.3% better than Richmond
 Richmond, VAPacific Grove, CAUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock1838
 Snowfall11  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock69106
 Sunny210  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock6786
 Avg. Jan. Low28  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock8.27
 UV Index4.3  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock1512443
Reviews for Richmond    109 Reviews

Over 4 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 5 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 5 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 Pacific Grove    3 Reviews

We had vacationed in the Monterey Bay Area for 40 years and really liked it, so we leased an apartment in Pacific Grove for a year to see if we would like to purchase  More

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Over 20 years ago

PG is a wonderful town, although with a four-year old child, the town feels old. It is prohibitively expensive to live in PG with the Average home close to a million  More

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We were welcomed to the community and had great  More

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