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Roswell, NM vs Chico, CA

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- Chico has 91.7% more rainy days than Roswell.
- Chico has 10.8% less Sunny Days than Roswell.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Chico scores 2.5% better than Roswell
 Roswell, NMChico, CAUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock2838
 Snowfall9  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock65106
 Sunny279  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock9486
 Avg. Jan. Low23  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock8.17
 UV Index6.1  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock1972443
Reviews for Roswell    17 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

Fantastic. Love the fearless open minds and hearts. Stayed there 2 years, versatile U.S.  More

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Methamphetamine, poverty/crime and cockroaches/scorpions are rampant in Roswell! The climate is DRY & it’s difficult to grow anything but weeds!  More

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Over 6 years ago

My family & I moved here from Olympia, Washington. It's a really nice town, plenty of sunshine, southern hospitality, biggest city in Chaves County & ?? friendly.  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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