2025 Compare Cities Climate:
Rochester, MN vs Socorro, NM

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Highlights
- Socorro has 69.3% less rainy days than Rochester.
- Socorro has 55.6% more Sunny Days than Rochester.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Socorro scores 21.5% better than Rochester
 Rochester, MNSocorro, NMUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock1038
 Snowfall48  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock47106
 Sunny180  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock9386
 Avg. Jan. Low5  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock7.97
 UV Index3.2  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock46032443
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 Socorro    1 Reviews

Socorro County, New Mexico, is one of the largest counties in the state (6626 square miles)but with a population of only about 18 million. Most of the population  More

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