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Rock Island, IL vs Salem, OR

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- Salem has 21.4% more rainy days than Rock Island.
- Salem has 22.2% less Sunny Days than Rock Island.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Salem scores 7.2% better than Rock Island
 Rock Island, ILSalem, ORUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock4538
 Snowfall28  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock152106
 Sunny198  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock8186
 Avg. Jan. Low15  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock7.47
 UV Index3.7  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock1572443
Reviews for Rock Island    3 Reviews

Over 18 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 20 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 Salem    37 Reviews

After reading the reviews here, I had to come write my own. The problem I had with most of the reviews is that most were very opinion-based and seemed to assume everyone  More

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Moved here approx. 4 years ago from SW Michigan, but I've lived in 9 other cities & 5 other states. Salem is a very manageable sized city, with tons of parks, diverse  More

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Over 6 years ago

I'm a native 5th generation Oregonian, so bear in mind that I was born with webs between my toes! Anyway, I used to think it rained too much when I was young. Then I  More

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