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

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Highlights
- Petaluma has 32.7% less rainy days than Richmond.
- Petaluma has 23.8% more Sunny Days than Richmond.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Petaluma scores 15.1% better than Richmond
 Richmond, VAPetaluma, CAUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock3038
 Snowfall11  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock75106
 Sunny210  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock8486
 Avg. Jan. Low28  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock8.47
 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 Petaluma    16 Reviews

I agree with the low star reviews. Been here for 25 years, raised a family and seen everything turn to the left and worse. Weather is glorious, love the old Victorians  More

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We’ve lived here for 3 years and we love it. It has taken some time to grow on us. We moved from SF where we had lived over 15 years, we were not used to one year leases  More

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I’ve lived here a couple of years (after living in others parts of the Bay Area for 15+ years) and I love it! Great neighborhoods, friendly folks, good schools with  More

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