2025 Compare Cities Climate:
Santa Monica, CA vs Folsom, CA

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Highlights
- Folsom has 51.8% more rainy days than Santa Monica.
- Folsom has 5.0% less Sunny Days than Santa Monica.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Folsom scores 9.8% worse than Santa Monica
 Santa Monica, CAFolsom, CAUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock2138
 Snowfall0  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock59106
 Sunny281  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock9486
 Avg. Jan. Low49  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock8.37
 UV Index6.2  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock2202443
Reviews for Santa Monica    24 Reviews

I moved here to Santa Monica over 10 years ago from Oklahoma City. I was surprised to see that Oklahoma City was ranked higher than Santa Monica on best places. I  More

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I've lived in Santa Monica for over 30 years. It's a Mediterranean climate--sunny and temperate when the rest of the country is under snow! I am walking distance to  More

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I have lived in this city for 4 decades, and it is never been worse than it is now. It is a dangerous disgusting hell hole. Between the crime, the homeless that are not  More

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Reviews for Folsom    15 Reviews

Over 10 years ago

Folsom has the worst air quality of any city in the Sacramento region per Sac Metro Air Quality Management. Do not move there if u have any respiratory issues, or u like  More

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Over 12 years ago

Folsom is a great little town of about 70,000 people. A half hour from Sacramento, an hour and a half from Tahoe, it sits in a good location at about 320 feet altitude.  More

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I think Folsom is ideal in many ways but it shares Sacramento's lousy air quality (1.5 out of 100 per this site). Sometimes it's worse than Sacramento when a smog  More

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