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Sarasota, FL vs Mount Desert, ME

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- Mount Desert has 12.0% less rainy days than Sarasota.
- Mount Desert has 22.7% less Sunny Days than Sarasota.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Mount Desert scores 5.9% worse than Sarasota
 Sarasota, FLMount Desert, MEUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock4938
 Snowfall0  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock122106
 Sunny251  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock7886
 Avg. Jan. Low51  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock6.47
 UV Index6.7  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock4992443
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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