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Roswell, NM vs Rochester, MN

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- Rochester has 133.8% more rainy days than Roswell.
- Rochester has 35.5% less Sunny Days than Roswell.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Rochester scores 17.7% worse than Roswell
 Roswell, NMRochester, MNUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock3438
 Snowfall9  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock109106
 Sunny279  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock8286
 Avg. Jan. Low23  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock6.57
 UV Index6.1  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock10242443
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 Rochester    31 Reviews

Roch (and Minnesota) is a great place IF you live off the govt dole; subsidize undesirable things (through generous welfare benefits, lax law enforcement and sentences,  More

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Rochester is very vanilla. As a progressive, this place is not good. The area leans conservative and you'll see Trump signs everywhere... so that tells you the type of  More

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Over 5 years ago

I moved here over 20 years ago from California and I was in shock for the first couple of years that people actually lived in such a cold climate! Winter starts around  More

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