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Santa Rosa, CA vs South Lake Tahoe, CA

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- South Lake Tahoe has 39.0% less rainy days than Santa Rosa.
- South Lake Tahoe has 2.7% less Sunny Days than Santa Rosa.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, South Lake Tahoe scores 19.3% worse than Santa Rosa
 Santa Rosa, CASouth Lake Tahoe, CAUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock2338
 Snowfall0  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock61106
 Sunny256  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock8086
 Avg. Jan. Low38  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock6.77
 UV Index4.9  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock62372443
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 South Lake Tahoe    10 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

Pretty boring town. Very run down and seedy too. Lake is nothing special either. I much prefer the Pacific coast or even the Atlantic coast or great  More

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Seriously I don't get what the big deal about this dump is everything is grossly overpriced scenery is boring and not at all interesting very boring nothing to do very  More

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Over 5 years ago

Beautiful place to live. This site has most of the details wrong, has somehow lumped it together with Sacramento. Elevation is 6250 feet at the lake. Weather is cold in  More

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