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Santa Cruz, CA vs Sarasota, FL

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- Sarasota has 72.3% more rainy days than Santa Cruz.
- Sarasota has 4.2% less Sunny Days than Santa Cruz.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Sarasota scores 20.0% worse than Santa Cruz
 Santa Cruz, CASarasota, FLUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock5638
 Snowfall0  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock106106
 Sunny262  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock9186
 Avg. Jan. Low40  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock6.87
 UV Index5.2  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock202443
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 Sarasota    105 Reviews

Sarasota is my home from birth but those of us who have lived here long enough to have seen the devolution of what was once an easy to navigate, clean, low crime beach  More

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Starting to love Sarasota: Wife and I moved to Osprey- a small suburb between Sarasota and Venice. We're about 13 miles to downtown Sarasota, so not "city dwellers".   More

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As always, anyone considering moving to anyplace new, including Sarasota, needs to come down and spend a month or two before actually moving here. The city is overrun  More

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