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Sarasota, FL vs Richland, WA

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- Richland has 85.5% less rainy days than Sarasota.
- Richland has 21.9% less Sunny Days than Sarasota.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Richland scores 10.3% better than Sarasota
 Sarasota, FLRichland, WAUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock838
 Snowfall0  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock83106
 Sunny251  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock9086
 Avg. Jan. Low51  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock7.57
 UV Index6.7  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock3842443
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 Richland    14 Reviews

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After spending almost 18 years of my life here arriving at age 36 with 2 children and leaving at 53 Richland is a horrible place to live. The medical care as a whole is  More

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Richland has grown a lot and is getting lots of retirees, it has great weather, great food not all chain restaurants, but has them also. the people are friendly, lots  More

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I have lived here a few years and it’s the worst place I’ve ever been. The “ nice weather” people refer to is 100 degree hot can’t even stand outside at 9am without  More

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