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Rochester, MN vs Maricopa, AZ

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Highlights
- Maricopa has 75.5% less rainy days than Rochester.
- Maricopa has 64.4% more Sunny Days than Rochester.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Maricopa scores 10.8% better than Rochester
 Rochester, MNMaricopa, AZUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock838
 Snowfall48  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock28106
 Sunny180  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock10786
 Avg. Jan. Low5  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock7.27
 UV Index3.2  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock11752443
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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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 Maricopa    9 Reviews

I can safely say that Central Arizona is a fast growing area alongside Buckeye in the West. As East Valley prices are spiraling out of control currently and has become  More

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I have recently visited Maricopa City to visit some of my family that were priced out of the East Valley Area. I can say that Maricopa City has things people are used to  More

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As someone who used to visit my Aunt out in Maricopa for days on end and play with my cousins back in the day, it was a sleepy town with not much retail, not much  More

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