2025 Compare Cities Climate:
Sarasota, FL vs New Bedford, MA

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Highlights
- New Bedford has 9.6% less rainy days than Sarasota.
- New Bedford has 18.3% less Sunny Days than Sarasota.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, New Bedford scores 2.9% better than Sarasota
 Sarasota, FLNew Bedford, MAUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock5138
 Snowfall0  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock127106
 Sunny251  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock8286
 Avg. Jan. Low51  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock77
 UV Index6.7  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock982443
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 New Bedford    5 Reviews

Grew up here, returned here to assist family after lining/working South of Boston, San Diego, then North of Boston respectively. Outside of the quaint/Historic Downtown  More

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Over 13 years ago

Cold  More

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Over 15 years ago

While unemployment is always a problem here, this city is no worse than any other old Northeastern city. Yes, we do have crime and bad areas, just as any other city  More

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