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Rochester, MN vs Watertown, SD

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Highlights
- Watertown has 30.7% less rainy days than Rochester.
- Watertown has 16.1% more Sunny Days than Rochester.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Watertown scores 1.5% better than Rochester

Climate
 Rochester, MNWatertown, SDUnited States
 Rainfall342438
 Snowfall483828
 Precipitation10988106
 Sunny180209205
 Avg. July High828386
 Avg. Jan. Low5222
 Comfort Index (higher=better)6.56.67
 UV Index3.23.64.3
 Elevation102417392443

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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 4 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 Watertown    5 Reviews

Let me start by saying that I've lived all over the US and spent 3 years in Watertown. On the positive side, Watertown has a lot to offer for a town of 22,000 people.   More

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Many lakes with in driving distances and many public hunting areas but if your looking for the night life its not here this is a small town  More

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Watertown in general has alot of old people, if your in Downtown and watch cars go by it seems as though every other car has a elderly person in it. But apart from all  More

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ZIPS IN ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA
55901 55904 55902 55906 55905
ZIPS IN WATERTOWN, SOUTH DAKOTA
57201

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