2025 Compare Cities Climate:
Rochester, MN vs Santa Monica, CA

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Highlights
- Santa Monica has 59.6% less rainy days than Rochester.
- Santa Monica has 56.1% more Sunny Days than Rochester.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Santa Monica scores 41.5% better than Rochester
 Rochester, MNSanta Monica, CAUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock1438
 Snowfall48  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock30106
 Sunny180  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock7486
 Avg. Jan. Low5  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock9.27
 UV Index3.2  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock1052443
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 Santa Monica    24 Reviews

I moved here to Santa Monica over 10 years ago from Oklahoma City. I was surprised to see that Oklahoma City was ranked higher than Santa Monica on best places. I  More

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I've lived in Santa Monica for over 30 years. It's a Mediterranean climate--sunny and temperate when the rest of the country is under snow! I am walking distance to  More

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I have lived in this city for 4 decades, and it is never been worse than it is now. It is a dangerous disgusting hell hole. Between the crime, the homeless that are not  More

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