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Santa Rosa, CA vs Salem, OR

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Highlights
- Salem has 17.5% more rainy days than Santa Rosa.
- Salem has 39.8% less Sunny Days than Santa Rosa.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Salem scores 10.8% worse than Santa Rosa
 Santa Rosa, CASalem, ORUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock4538
 Snowfall0  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock152106
 Sunny256  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock8186
 Avg. Jan. Low38  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock7.47
 UV Index4.9  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock1572443
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 Salem    37 Reviews

After reading the reviews here, I had to come write my own. The problem I had with most of the reviews is that most were very opinion-based and seemed to assume everyone  More

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Moved here approx. 4 years ago from SW Michigan, but I've lived in 9 other cities & 5 other states. Salem is a very manageable sized city, with tons of parks, diverse  More

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Over 5 years ago

I'm a native 5th generation Oregonian, so bear in mind that I was born with webs between my toes! Anyway, I used to think it rained too much when I was young. Then I  More

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