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Santa Rosa, CA vs Thornton, CO

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- Thornton has 59.4% less rainy days than Santa Rosa.
- Thornton has 4.3% less Sunny Days than Santa Rosa.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Thornton scores 12.0% worse than Santa Rosa
 Santa Rosa, CAThornton, COUnited States
 Rainfall381638
 Snowfall04628
 Precipitation7677106
 Sunny256245205
 Avg. July High849086
 Avg. Jan. Low381822
 Comfort Index (higher=better)8.37.37
 UV Index4.95.14.3
 Elevation16453482443
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 Thornton    5 Reviews

Good place. Very suburbany (similar to the Springs). The houses are very small and old and yet still very expensive (albeit cheaper than southern Denver). Actually lots  More

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Over 4 years ago

I like Denver metro, but some cities aren’t too great. Thornton being one of them. Moved here because of highway access, and convenience to DIA for business travel. Am  More

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Over 9 years ago

The quality of life here in not good. The traffic is bad all the time. To try to get to the mountains takes forever! Also most lakes along the front range you can't even  More

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