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Santa Maria, CA vs Missoula, MT

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Highlights
- Missoula has 7.9% less rainy days than Santa Maria.
- Missoula has 43.2% less Sunny Days than Santa Maria.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Missoula scores 25.0% worse than Santa Maria
 Santa Maria, CAMissoula, MTUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock1538
 Snowfall0  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock120106
 Sunny280  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock8586
 Avg. Jan. Low39  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock6.67
 UV Index5.7  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock32092443
Reviews for Santa Maria    12 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

I live in Orcutt which is a town of around 35,000 on the south side of Santa Maria. Santa Maria has, as everyone has noted, the best climate in the world. It never  More

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I have lived in Santa Maria / Orcutt for several years, but it is time to leave. I have no issues with the weather. Our climate is mild and comfortable with no extremes.  More

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The weather is very mild without a huge temperature change with the seasons. The winters are chilly but not cold and the summers are warm but not hot. Of course there  More

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Reviews for Missoula    48 Reviews

I've lived here for 10 years and my view of the city has turned as we (barely) managed to buy a home, started a family, and the blight of homelessness has escalated out  More

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Over 5 years ago

I lived here for 6 years, and it never got any easier to live, I'm a Native American, these people her look down on us, I have been put in jail for sitting in a parking  More

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I have lived in Missoula on and off for the last 30 years, but consistently for the last 12. I met my wife and had my kids here. My father and my wife's entire family  More

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