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Santa Cruz, CA vs Crescent City, CA

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- Crescent City has 118.5% more rainy days than Santa Cruz.
- Crescent City has 30.5% less Sunny Days than Santa Cruz.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Crescent City scores 14.1% worse than Santa Cruz
 Santa Cruz, CACrescent City, CAUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock7138
 Snowfall0  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock125106
 Sunny262  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock6486
 Avg. Jan. Low40  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock7.37
 UV Index5.2  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock432443
Reviews for Santa Cruz    44 Reviews

I lived in the Santa Cruz area for 20 years. UCSC alum. Our kids were born there. There are wonderful things about Santa Cruz, but also many serious problems that we  More

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Over 5 years ago

I have been here for four generations! My kids are the fifth. I guess that should tell you how wonderful it is here, at least for us. It's so cool to have world class  More

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I was born over the hill in San Jose area, and as a kid I loved coming over to the boardwalk. Santa Cruz has always been and always will be a town of diversity,  More

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Reviews for Crescent City    10 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

Weather sucks, people here are rude, politicians government workers corrupt, drug infested town, high crime, no good housing unless you want to live in drug infested  More

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Over 4 years ago

I've lived here 10 years and the first few years were rough getting used to the humidity and rain but over time I've grown to embrace everything about this town the  More

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Beautiful scenery and good hiking and camping. Swimmingly and rafting in rivers is fun. Trees of mystery is pretty fun too. However the town is pretty seedy and  More

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