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Rio Rancho, NM vs Castle Rock, CO

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- Castle Rock has 55.0% more rainy days than Rio Rancho.
- Castle Rock has 11.0% less Sunny Days than Rio Rancho.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Castle Rock scores 6.5% worse than Rio Rancho
 Rio Rancho, NMCastle Rock, COUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock1938
 Snowfall10  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock70106
 Sunny273  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock8686
 Avg. Jan. Low22  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock7.27
 UV Index6.3  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock62242443
Reviews for Rio Rancho    21 Reviews

I have lived in the area for the past three years with my husband. Although vastly better than Albuquerque, this is not a safe area. We have had overt and petty crime on  More

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The pros: -Fairly good year-round weather. Sunny days outnumber cloudy days, there are days when the temps fall below freezing and the sun will still be shining. It's  More

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Over 5 years ago

Affordable housing, low crime (compared to Albuquerque), awesome weather with all 4 seasons, beautiful environment and some pretty awesome people. I love Rio Rancho,  More

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Reviews for Castle Rock    12 Reviews

My fiance and I moved here in 2018 shortly after finishing college. I work in Colorado Springs and she works in the Denver area, so Castle Rock was practically our only  More

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Over 7 years ago

I have always been mobile for my career, until I moved to Castle Rock. I've lived in in multiple cities in the Midwest including Chicago and have visited nearly every  More

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Over 11 years ago

we have four seasons, and the rockies are only two hrs.away. so for the outdoors enthusist sking or hiking is like no other place you have been or seen it is hard to  More

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