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Sarasota, FL vs Asheville, NC

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Highlights
- Asheville has 22.0% less rainy days than Sarasota.
- Asheville has 15.5% less Sunny Days than Sarasota.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Asheville scores 11.8% better than Sarasota
 Sarasota, FLAsheville, NCUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock4438
 Snowfall0  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock118106
 Sunny251  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock8486
 Avg. Jan. Low51  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock7.67
 UV Index6.7  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock21292443
Reviews for Sarasota    105 Reviews

Sarasota is my home from birth but those of us who have lived here long enough to have seen the devolution of what was once an easy to navigate, clean, low crime beach  More

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Starting to love Sarasota: Wife and I moved to Osprey- a small suburb between Sarasota and Venice. We're about 13 miles to downtown Sarasota, so not "city dwellers".   More

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As always, anyone considering moving to anyplace new, including Sarasota, needs to come down and spend a month or two before actually moving here. The city is overrun  More

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Reviews for Asheville    117 Reviews

Lived around this city my entire life, and have spent countless hours in every part of it- at one point, Asheville was the place to be, it had a high standard of living,  More

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Asheville has changed dramatically over the pass twenty years . At one time downtown and the charming family friendly neighborhoods within, reminded me of The Waltons  More

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This city is very deceiving. Small but if you look close you see big liberal city problems in this town. Mainly because it is overwhelming liberal. Far left liberals.  More

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