2026 Compare Cities Climate:
Rochester, MN vs Montpelier, VT

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Highlights
- Montpelier has 27.1% more rainy days than Rochester.
- Montpelier has 12.8% less Sunny Days than Rochester.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Montpelier scores 7.7% worse than Rochester
 Rochester, MNMontpelier, VTUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock4338
 Snowfall48  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock149106
 Sunny180  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock8186
 Avg. Jan. Low5  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock67
 UV Index3.2  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock5252443
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 Montpelier    1 Reviews

As a life-long New Englander (raised in Massachusetts; lived in Rhode Island, Connecticut and Vermont) you would think I must love cold weather, snow and clouds, but the  More

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