2025 Compare Cities Climate:
Rochester, MN vs Augusta, ME

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- Augusta has 28.9% more rainy days than Rochester.
- Augusta has 12.8% more Sunny Days than Rochester.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Augusta scores 0.0% worse than Rochester
 Rochester, MNAugusta, MEUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock4438
 Snowfall48  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock125106
 Sunny180  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock7986
 Avg. Jan. Low5  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock6.57
 UV Index3.2  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock1212443
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 Augusta    8 Reviews

We spent 1 year in Augusta. It is probably the cutest Capitol city that I have ever visited in the US. That being said, it has a dark underbelly and a ruthless drug  More

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Over 15 years ago

Winter in Maine usually starts in November, occasionally in October and lasts until March, sometimes April. Although last year was unusually mild, most folks around  More

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I've been living in Augusta for about 9 months now. Moved here from New Orleans. I should be moving out in a few months; I seriously considered staying in Augusta  More

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