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Santa Cruz, CA vs Missoula, MT

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Highlights
- Missoula has 53.2% less rainy days than Santa Cruz.
- Missoula has 39.3% less Sunny Days than Santa Cruz.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Missoula scores 22.4% worse than Santa Cruz
 Santa Cruz, CAMissoula, MTUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock1538
 Snowfall0  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock120106
 Sunny262  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock8586
 Avg. Jan. Low40  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock6.67
 UV Index5.2  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock32092443
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 Missoula    48 Reviews

I've lived here for 10 years and my view of the city has turned as we (barely) managed to buy a home, started a family, and the blight of homelessness has escalated out  More

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Over 5 years ago

I lived here for 6 years, and it never got any easier to live, I'm a Native American, these people her look down on us, I have been put in jail for sitting in a parking  More

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I have lived in Missoula on and off for the last 30 years, but consistently for the last 12. I met my wife and had my kids here. My father and my wife's entire family  More

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