2025 Compare Cities Climate:
Santa Fe, NM vs Lake Charles, LA

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Highlights
- Lake Charles has 309.9% more rainy days than Santa Fe.
- Lake Charles has 24.7% less Sunny Days than Santa Fe.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Lake Charles scores 10.7% worse than Santa Fe
 Santa Fe, NMLake Charles, LAUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock6238
 Snowfall26  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock117106
 Sunny283  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock9186
 Avg. Jan. Low18  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock6.77
 UV Index6.3  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock132443
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 Lake Charles    34 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

I’ve lived in the city for years and it’s great, you should really check it  More

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Over 4 years ago

Lake Charles, Louisiana is one of the absolute creepiest cities in the USA. The people feel dead inside. They also seem to secretly hate each other. It is also an  More

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Beware reader, the city of Lake Charles is an absolute sh*thole. If you are traveling through I-10 you might want to skip this place. This place is the very worst of the  More

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