2025 Compare Cities Climate:
Rochester, MN vs Aspen, CO

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Highlights
- Aspen has 41.6% less rainy days than Rochester.
- Aspen has 36.7% more Sunny Days than Rochester.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Aspen scores 9.2% worse than Rochester
 Rochester, MNAspen, COUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock2038
 Snowfall48  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock111106
 Sunny180  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock8086
 Avg. Jan. Low5  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock5.97
 UV Index3.2  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock78902443
Reviews for Rochester    31 Reviews

Roch (and Minnesota) is a great place IF you live off the govt dole; subsidize undesirable things (through generous welfare benefits, lax law enforcement and sentences,  More

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Rochester is very vanilla. As a progressive, this place is not good. The area leans conservative and you'll see Trump signs everywhere... so that tells you the type of  More

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Over 5 years ago

I moved here over 20 years ago from California and I was in shock for the first couple of years that people actually lived in such a cold climate! Winter starts around  More

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Reviews for Aspen    6 Reviews

Over 12 years ago

I've been living in valley for 6 years. I've moved here from right before crisis. It's good place to make money for young people, yeah..it still is. Though when I  More

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Over 12 years ago

beautiful cold and dry weather. Colorful  More

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In Winter the grocery store closest to the ski lifts is so packed full of people it is really difficult to move through the store, especially if you have a cart. It  More

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