2026 Compare Cities Climate:
Rochester, MN vs Virginia City, NV

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Highlights
- Virginia City has 43.1% less rainy days than Rochester.
- Virginia City has 39.4% more Sunny Days than Rochester.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Virginia City scores 7.7% better than Rochester
 Rochester, MNVirginia City, NVUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock1938
 Snowfall48  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock56106
 Sunny180  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock8186
 Avg. Jan. Low5  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock77
 UV Index3.2  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock61972443
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 6 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 Virginia City    1 Reviews

Over 12 years ago

I find the water quality score of 40 in Virginia City to be open for debate. It is basically snow melt, coming from Lake Marlette in the Tahoe area. Looks great. Tastes  More

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