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San Rafael, CA vs Pacific Grove, CA

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- Pacific Grove has 54.9% less rainy days than San Rafael.
- Pacific Grove has 4.3% more Sunny Days than San Rafael.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Pacific Grove scores 3.5% worse than San Rafael
 San Rafael, CAPacific Grove, CAUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock1838
 Snowfall0  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock69106
 Sunny256  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock6786
 Avg. Jan. Low42  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock8.27
 UV Index5.2  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock1512443
Reviews for San Rafael    7 Reviews

Over 13 years ago

San Rafael is only 30 minutes from downtown San Francisco, but the weather is completely different. It's sunny most of the year, including in the summer when the city  More

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Over 15 years ago

I feal very safe in this town. I think getting stopped for talking on your cell phone while driving is a big deal here. Thats about all I can  More

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Over 17 years ago

Cost of living too high. Unfriendly  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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