2025 Compare Cities Climate:
Rochester, MN vs Sioux City, IA

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Highlights
- Sioux City has 13.0% less rainy days than Rochester.
- Sioux City has 16.7% more Sunny Days than Rochester.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Sioux City scores 7.7% better than Rochester
 Rochester, MNSioux City, IAUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock3038
 Snowfall48  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock84106
 Sunny180  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock8686
 Avg. Jan. Low5  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock77
 UV Index3.2  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock12012443
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 Sioux City    12 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

I’ve been here only 4 months and I’m still shocked at how people behave. Not friendly, rude. Can’t tell you how many businesses I’ve been in to where the reception staff  More

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Climate in winter ranges from 10-15 degrees to 85+ in the summer 7% sale tax population @75,000, economy ok  More

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Over 14 years ago

Sioux City is an amazing place. Low crime rate, Great Schools, Great People, Most People are friendly and Polite. Just an overall great place to live!!!!!!!!!!!   More

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