2025 Compare Cities Climate:
Rochester, MN vs Somerset, KY

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Highlights
- Somerset has 47.5% more rainy days than Rochester.
- Somerset has 7.2% more Sunny Days than Rochester.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Somerset scores 12.3% better than Rochester
 Rochester, MNSomerset, KYUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock5038
 Snowfall48  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock120106
 Sunny180  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock8686
 Avg. Jan. Low5  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock7.37
 UV Index3.2  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock9712443
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 Somerset    7 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

There is certainly a small town atmosphere here. It seems as if there is a high percentage of the population that wants to get Somerset "on the map", but they want to do  More

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Over 15 years ago

I have lived here since 1989. My family moved me here from Chicago Ill when I was 5 years old. Growing up in this place, I can tell you first hand what you children will  More

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Over 17 years ago

I wanted to post facts on somerset on my previous post because sometimes on bestplaces.net it is just opinions and those can be misleading or one-sided. So I posted  More

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