2026 Compare Cities Climate:
Rochester, MN vs Burlington, IA

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Highlights
- Burlington has 13.9% more rainy days than Rochester.
- Burlington has 11.1% more Sunny Days than Rochester.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Burlington scores 7.7% better than Rochester
 Rochester, MNBurlington, IAUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock3938
 Snowfall48  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock111106
 Sunny180  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock8686
 Avg. Jan. Low5  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock77
 UV Index3.2  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock6042443
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 6 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 Burlington    1 Reviews

Burlington iowa is a great historical town it's a great place to live if you make atlest 37 to 40 dollers an hour but if your on a fixed income of less then a 1000  More

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