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

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Highlights
- Santa Rosa has 12.7% more rainy days than Rochester.
- Santa Rosa has 42.2% more Sunny Days than Rochester.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Santa Rosa scores 27.7% better than Rochester
 Rochester, MNSanta Rosa, CAUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock3838
 Snowfall48  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock76106
 Sunny180  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock8486
 Avg. Jan. Low5  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock8.37
 UV Index3.2  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock1642443
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 Santa Rosa    43 Reviews

I was born and raised here. Santa Rosa used to be a great city great location great weather but now it is overcrowded and crime is off the charts and housing is crazy  More

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I've lived her over 20 years and it's a pretty nice place. The main vibe is you feel safe doing this day or night. Most of the neighborhoods are well taken care of, they  More

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Terrible city that's hurting for money. After going on a long hiatus from enforcing traffic laws, they've recently turned their highways into an ATM machine/cash cow by  More

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