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Sarasota, FL vs Richmond, CA

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- Richmond has 49.5% less rainy days than Sarasota.
- Richmond has 4.4% more Sunny Days than Sarasota.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Richmond scores 26.5% better than Sarasota
 Sarasota, FLRichmond, CAUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock2838
 Snowfall0  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock65106
 Sunny251  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock7586
 Avg. Jan. Low51  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock8.67
 UV Index6.7  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock462443
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 Richmond    9 Reviews

I've lived in Richmond since 2014. I find that for proximity to the rest of the East Bay, Marin county, and San Francisco it's a tremendous location. We moved here from  More

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Over 6 years ago

Grown up around all my life, and lived for the past 3 years. Diverse in the worst kinda way (the way that will get you robbed or assaulted). The epicenter of the  More

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I've lived here for more than half of my life, and never want to leave. The weather is nearly perfect. The population is very racially diverse and people for the most  More

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