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Rio Rancho, NM vs Thornton, CO

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- Thornton has 29.2% more rainy days than Rio Rancho.
- Thornton has 10.3% less Sunny Days than Rio Rancho.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Thornton scores 5.2% worse than Rio Rancho
 Rio Rancho, NMThornton, COUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock1638
 Snowfall10  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock77106
 Sunny273  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock9086
 Avg. Jan. Low22  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock7.37
 UV Index6.3  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock53482443
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 Thornton    5 Reviews

Good place. Very suburbany (similar to the Springs). The houses are very small and old and yet still very expensive (albeit cheaper than southern Denver). Actually lots  More

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Over 5 years ago

I like Denver metro, but some cities aren’t too great. Thornton being one of them. Moved here because of highway access, and convenience to DIA for business travel. Am  More

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Over 10 years ago

The quality of life here in not good. The traffic is bad all the time. To try to get to the mountains takes forever! Also most lakes along the front range you can't even  More

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