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Santee, CA vs Rochester, MN

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- Rochester has 171.2% more rainy days than Santee.
- Rochester has 32.8% less Sunny Days than Santee.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Rochester scores 29.3% worse than Santee
 Santee, CARochester, MNUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock3438
 Snowfall0  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock109106
 Sunny268  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock8286
 Avg. Jan. Low44  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock6.57
 UV Index5.9  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock10242443
Reviews for Santee    10 Reviews

Over 13 years ago

I have lived in Santee for 36 years and the changes have been extensive. Traffic has been, and still is, a big problem. However, that's a problem in most CA towns and  More

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Over 13 years ago

San Diego in general is a very expensive place to live. Santee is less so but compared to the rest of the country we are way over  More

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Over 17 years ago

Santee has a great quality of life,low crime, good schools(some of the best schools east county has to offer), fairly short commute time, as it is fairly well central in  More

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Reviews for Rochester    31 Reviews

Roch (and Minnesota) is a great place IF you live off the govt dole; subsidize undesirable things (through generous welfare benefits, lax law enforcement and sentences,  More

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Rochester is very vanilla. As a progressive, this place is not good. The area leans conservative and you'll see Trump signs everywhere... so that tells you the type of  More

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Over 5 years ago

I moved here over 20 years ago from California and I was in shock for the first couple of years that people actually lived in such a cold climate! Winter starts around  More

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