2025 Compare Cities Climate:
Rochester, MN vs Gilroy, CA

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Highlights
- Gilroy has 36.9% less rainy days than Rochester.
- Gilroy has 45.0% more Sunny Days than Rochester.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Gilroy scores 32.3% better than Rochester
 Rochester, MNGilroy, CAUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock2138
 Snowfall48  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock59106
 Sunny180  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock8386
 Avg. Jan. Low5  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock8.67
 UV Index3.2  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock2002443
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 Gilroy    4 Reviews

Over 14 years ago

I am in the process and figuring out where to move and I have been doing cost comparison, amoung other things, on different places. When will you be updating the tax  More

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Trust me, I love the ecosystem in Gilroy but the truth is that city as a whole does not care about its youth(nor the silicon vally in general but gilroy takes the  More

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Over 19 years ago

Since moving to Gilory six years ago, I've really fallen in love with the small town atmoshpere. I communte 30 minutes to San Jose along with my kids every day. That  More

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