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Rochester, MN vs Grand Marais, MN

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Highlights
- Grand Marais has 15.0% less rainy days than Rochester.
- Grand Marais has 1.1% more Sunny Days than Rochester.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Grand Marais scores 9.2% worse than Rochester
 Rochester, MNGrand Marais, MNUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock2938
 Snowfall48  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock100106
 Sunny180  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock7186
 Avg. Jan. Low5  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock5.97
 UV Index3.2  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock6142443
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 Grand Marais    2 Reviews

Grand Marais is everything one could want in a place to live, it is a community with a love of music, literature, arts, with equal doses of recreation, spirited  More

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i am a huge fan of cooler weather- i hate summer,heat, humidity- i live for the cold so Grand Marais would be ideal town to retire in- comfortable weather for  More

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