2025 Compare Cities Climate:
Santa Fe, NM vs Iowa City, IA

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- Iowa City has 144.4% more rainy days than Santa Fe.
- Iowa City has 29.7% less Sunny Days than Santa Fe.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Iowa City scores 6.7% worse than Santa Fe
 Santa Fe, NMIowa City, IAUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock3738
 Snowfall26  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock98106
 Sunny283  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock8586
 Avg. Jan. Low18  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock77
 UV Index6.3  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock6662443
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 Iowa City    24 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

I was there 5 years. Nothing to do but we’ll go shopping... at Walmart. It lacks so many things. There is no experience here, it jumps on any political band wagon and  More

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Over 5 years ago

Entertainment lacks greatly - especially the Hancher shows. I was hoping after they rebuilt they would be getting better shows there, that didn't happen. One has to  More

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Over 7 years ago

Iowa City is great. It's diverse and never boring. There always a variety of new shops and restaurants to explore and try out. Also watching college kids do stupid  More

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