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Santa Cruz, CA vs Myrtle Beach, SC

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Highlights
- Myrtle Beach has 59.7% more rainy days than Santa Cruz.
- Myrtle Beach has 16.8% less Sunny Days than Santa Cruz.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Myrtle Beach scores 12.9% worse than Santa Cruz
 Santa Cruz, CAMyrtle Beach, SCUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock5238
 Snowfall0  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock107106
 Sunny262  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock8986
 Avg. Jan. Low40  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock7.47
 UV Index5.2  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock262443
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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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 Myrtle Beach    56 Reviews

Coming from Massachusetts and New York state, I loved the weather, beach and change of lifestyle. Being an outgoing friendly person I met some nice people here along  More

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We were looking for a new city, and Myrtle Beach had had enough press that we were curious to check it out. A 30something and 40something couple, both of us have  More

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If I could give 4.5 instead of 5 I would because Id like to see the traffic flow better with more red lights and see more money put in to landscaping the roadways and  More

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