2025 Compare Cities Climate:
San Jose, CA vs Pacific Grove, CA

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- Pacific Grove has 6.4% more rainy days than San Jose.
- Pacific Grove has 3.9% more Sunny Days than San Jose.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Pacific Grove scores 6.8% worse than San Jose
 San Jose, CAPacific Grove, CAUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock1838
 Snowfall0  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock69106
 Sunny257  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock6786
 Avg. Jan. Low42  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock8.27
 UV Index5.1  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock1512443
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 4 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 Pacific Grove    3 Reviews

We had vacationed in the Monterey Bay Area for 40 years and really liked it, so we leased an apartment in Pacific Grove for a year to see if we would like to purchase  More

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Over 19 years ago

PG is a wonderful town, although with a four-year old child, the town feels old. It is prohibitively expensive to live in PG with the Average home close to a million  More

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We were welcomed to the community and had great  More

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