2025 Compare Cities Climate:
Santa Fe, NM vs Bakersfield, CA

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Highlights
- Bakersfield has 52.3% less rainy days than Santa Fe.
- Bakersfield has 3.9% less Sunny Days than Santa Fe.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Bakersfield scores 8.0% better than Santa Fe
 Santa Fe, NMBakersfield, CAUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock738
 Snowfall26  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock38106
 Sunny283  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock9786
 Avg. Jan. Low18  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock8.17
 UV Index6.3  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock4042443
Reviews for Santa Fe    55 Reviews

I’ve recently moved to Santa Fe from Colorado. I love Santa Fe for various reasons… mostly because of the tricultural aspects of it. We have amazing Native American,  More

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Over 6 years ago

Bought a house here in 2013 and split my time here with other house in Adirondack Mountains of NYS. Santa Fe is great, but not perfect. Love the climate. 306 days of  More

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Over 6 years ago

The only 2 things about Santa Fe that are nice is the scenery and the weather. But, those two things cannot bring about the total comfort and homeyness that makes a city  More

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Reviews for Bakersfield    75 Reviews

I am a millennial, born and raised here. As someone who wrestled with staying for years, there are a lot of valid reasons to not come to Bakersfield. Air quality, summer  More

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Over 4 years ago

I have lived here all of my life. 40+ years. It used to be fun and kinda safe but now it is so scary to go outside. We are literally a homeless dumping ground and there  More

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I moved here from Seattle 25 years ago, when it had a population of 200,000, and practically the only place to get coffee was a place called “Duke’s Ranch”. Why did I  More

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