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Santa Fe, NM vs Fayetteville, NC

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Highlights
- Fayetteville has 200.0% more rainy days than Santa Fe.
- Fayetteville has 22.6% less Sunny Days than Santa Fe.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Fayetteville scores 1.3% worse than Santa Fe
 Santa Fe, NMFayetteville, NCUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock4538
 Snowfall26  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock110106
 Sunny283  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock9186
 Avg. Jan. Low18  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock7.47
 UV Index6.3  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock1022443
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 7 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 7 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 Fayetteville    46 Reviews

I have lived in Fayetteville for 21 years and I LOVE IT! Fayetteville is a military town and that is what brought my husband and I here originally. Since January 2000  More

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I've lived in the area for a little over ten years - after moving around to many, many places in my career - and I find that Fay is overall pretty much average. Most of  More

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I've lived in the area for a little over ten years - after moving around to many, many places in my career - and I find that Fay is overall pretty much average. Most of  More

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