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Santa Clara, CA vs Charleston, SC

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- Charleston has 213.6% more rainy days than Santa Clara.
- Charleston has 19.9% less Sunny Days than Santa Clara.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Charleston scores 18.2% worse than Santa Clara
 Santa Clara, CACharleston, SCUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock4838
 Snowfall0  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock106106
 Sunny261  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock9086
 Avg. Jan. Low42  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock7.27
 UV Index5.1  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock102443
Reviews for Santa Clara    14 Reviews

Larry · 

Santa Clara, CA and the city government are great. The city has been for the most part very good to me. I grew up in Santa Clara and now that I have been away for two  More

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I have lived in Santa Clara California most of my life so I consider myself to be an expert. The climate is wonderful. The price of housing is way above the national  More

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Over 10 years ago

Good Central Park and activities; City-owned power company provides lower cost power; home to many high-tech companies; city is  More

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Reviews for Charleston    76 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

Charleston is beautiful and unique and incredibly special. If you don't believe me, just ask Anthony Bourdain in his Parts Unknown episode - and he was an insightful  More

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Serious lack of health care and "good old boys club" whereby doctors will not even see the patient but diagnose them based on referring doctor. My sister died there for  More

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Over 5 years ago

Boy, has this once beautiful town changed...for the worse! I initially moved here 20 years ago because the people were so nice, no traffic, great choice of hospitals,  More

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