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San Jose, CA vs Decatur, IL

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- Decatur has 129.7% more rainy days than San Jose.
- Decatur has 22.6% less Sunny Days than San Jose.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Decatur scores 18.2% worse than San Jose
 San Jose, CADecatur, ILUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock4038
 Snowfall0  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock104106
 Sunny257  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock8786
 Avg. Jan. Low42  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock7.27
 UV Index5.1  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock6762443
Reviews for San Jose    90 Reviews

I've lived in west San Jose/Cambrian, between Los Gatos and Almaden SJ since 1997. This side of town somehow avoided the erosion of the American dream. Houses are  More

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I lived in San Jose for 40 years. That’s during the most exciting time when the Silicon Valley was booming with real technology and San Jose was ranked as the safest big  More

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Over 5 years ago

I've lived in San Jose, CA for 25 years. This city is being over run with crime and gangs. The cost of living is very high. Granted, you are so close to mountains,  More

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Reviews for Decatur    14 Reviews

I was sent here by the company I worked for in the '90's and was not initially impressed with midwest living. However, over the years I got used to living in the "Pride  More

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I grew up in Decatur and I still have family there, but it depresses me to see what it has become. It has a high unemployment rate, many business have closed or are run  More

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Over 15 years ago

If you enjoy drinking & driving, Decatur's fifteen drive-thru liquor windows, three times the # of drive-thru's than the ten largest cities in Illinois, COMBINED, will  More

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