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Rochester, NY vs Chico, CA

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Highlights
- Chico has 16.8% less rainy days than Rochester.
- Chico has 50.9% more Sunny Days than Rochester.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Chico scores 22.7% better than Rochester
 Rochester, NYChico, CAUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock2838
 Snowfall77  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock65106
 Sunny165  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock9486
 Avg. Jan. Low17  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock8.17
 UV Index3.4  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock1972443
Reviews for Rochester    79 Reviews

Stay out of the rougher patches, and you'll find a pretty solid city. I live within close proximity to it, and the crime from it DOES rub off on us (auto theft), but  More

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Rochester isn't perfect (I'll detail pros and cons), but it's certainly perfect for me and my husband. We've lived here for 4 years and are getting ready to purchase our  More

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Rochester is a scenic city with so much to offer in terms of things to do and having 4 seasons, except the summer is more like a long spring!! It's a relatively unknown  More

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Reviews for Chico    31 Reviews

Chico is imperfect like most places, but it's still good. Any and all of it's issues proceed from it's main fault of growing increasingly liberal, which is to be  More

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Over 3 years ago

Chico's decent. I've been living here for ~5 years now. Eveen though my brother loves Chico and would like to stay, I would like to leave. I have no issues with crime or  More

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I was born in Oroville and I grew up in Oroville and Biggs. I have heard all my life about crime in chico. Well I have lived in Chico near Chapman for almost 10 years  More

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