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Santa Rosa, CA vs Lake Forest, CA

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Highlights
- Lake Forest has 62.8% less rainy days than Santa Rosa.
- Lake Forest has 9.0% more Sunny Days than Santa Rosa.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Lake Forest scores 9.6% better than Santa Rosa
 Santa Rosa, CALake Forest, CAUnited States
 Rainfall381438
 Snowfall0028
 Precipitation7637106
 Sunny256279205
 Avg. July High848586
 Avg. Jan. Low384522
 Comfort Index (higher=better)8.39.17
 UV Index4.95.94.3
 Elevation1644892443
Reviews for Santa Rosa    43 Reviews

I was born and raised here. Santa Rosa used to be a great city great location great weather but now it is overcrowded and crime is off the charts and housing is crazy  More

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I've lived her over 20 years and it's a pretty nice place. The main vibe is you feel safe doing this day or night. Most of the neighborhoods are well taken care of, they  More

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Terrible city that's hurting for money. After going on a long hiatus from enforcing traffic laws, they've recently turned their highways into an ATM machine/cash cow by  More

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Reviews for Lake Forest    16 Reviews

I've lived in Lake Forest for over a decade, before that elsewhere in OC and also up in LA. Lake Forest isn't perfect but it's really improved over the past decade,  More

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As a retired senior who has lived in Lake Forest (formerly El Toro) since 1977 I think LF is a great place if you can afford it. When we moved here in June '77 homes  More

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I’ve lived here for 2 years. Ok, it’s more like a 4 but there are so many idiots downplaying what it’s like here and giving Lake Forest ones and twos. There are a lot of  More

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