2025 Compare Cities Climate:
Rochester, NY vs New Orleans, LA

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Highlights
- New Orleans has 90.1% more rainy days than Rochester.
- New Orleans has 30.9% more Sunny Days than Rochester.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, New Orleans scores 0.0% worse than Rochester
 Rochester, NYNew Orleans, LAUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock6438
 Snowfall77  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock108106
 Sunny165  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock9286
 Avg. Jan. Low17  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock6.67
 UV Index3.4  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock02443
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 New Orleans    87 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

I have lived in NOLA for 6 years. Like all cities, you must take the good with the bad. It is more expensive than what you read about on the internet. The drivers are  More

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Over 3 years ago

I've lived here for going on 3 years. The person who lives with me wanted us to move here. It got old for me very soon after we moved here. Neither of us like it.   More

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Lived here 20 years, transplant from a dank Midwestern metropolis. For the first 15 years I was pretty much one of those rabid people foaming at the mouth whenever  More

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