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Rock Island, IL vs Cape Girardeau, MO

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Highlights
- Cape Girardeau has 30.5% more rainy days than Rock Island.
- Cape Girardeau has 7.6% more Sunny Days than Rock Island.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Cape Girardeau scores 2.9% better than Rock Island
 Rock Island, ILCape Girardeau, MOUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock4838
 Snowfall28  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock111106
 Sunny198  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock9086
 Avg. Jan. Low15  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock7.17
 UV Index3.7  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock3542443
Reviews for Rock Island    3 Reviews

Over 17 years ago

Pros: 1. Extremely low cost of living 2. Affordable place to live Cons: 1. High crime rate 2. Poor school system 3. Not much to  More

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Rock Island has a varied background and contains many cultural and historic areas. It has been improving its school system and is in a metropolitan area which contains  More

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Over 19 years ago

I just moved here for work one year ago. Moving from San Francisco here was a shock but ultimatelly good. The community is a typical midwestern small town. It is part  More

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Reviews for Cape Girardeau    7 Reviews

Over 12 years ago

Great place to live. You can get from any point A to point B in 10 minutes. Easy to get spoiled with the  More

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Over 12 years ago

For a relatively small area (city permanent population of 37,000, swelling to 100,000 during the workweek when the university is in session), Cape Girardeau has multiple  More

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Over 16 years ago

It's a good mid sized  More

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