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Sarasota, FL vs Portland, OR

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- Portland has 23.6% less rainy days than Sarasota.
- Portland has 42.6% less Sunny Days than Sarasota.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Portland scores 10.3% better than Sarasota
 Sarasota, FLPortland, ORUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock4338
 Snowfall0  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock156106
 Sunny251  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock8186
 Avg. Jan. Low51  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock7.57
 UV Index6.7  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock332443
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 Portland    386 Reviews

I lived in Portland for 19 years (I've also lived in Boise, ID, the Bay Area, Austin, TX and now Nampa, ID). It drives me nuts when people try to give a large city a  More

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One of the best cities in America. Food scene is the best in the world. Weather is preferable over places where you have the same weather year round. I enjoy the  More

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I moved from Houston to Portland about a year ago. I remember reading the reviews on here and it making me second guess moving before I did, so I wanted to come back and  More

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