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Sarasota, FL vs Salem, OR

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Highlights
- Salem has 19.8% less rainy days than Sarasota.
- Salem has 38.6% less Sunny Days than Sarasota.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Salem scores 8.8% better than Sarasota
 Sarasota, FLSalem, ORUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock4538
 Snowfall0  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock152106
 Sunny251  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock8186
 Avg. Jan. Low51  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock7.47
 UV Index6.7  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock1572443
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 Salem    37 Reviews

After reading the reviews here, I had to come write my own. The problem I had with most of the reviews is that most were very opinion-based and seemed to assume everyone  More

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Moved here approx. 4 years ago from SW Michigan, but I've lived in 9 other cities & 5 other states. Salem is a very manageable sized city, with tons of parks, diverse  More

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Over 5 years ago

I'm a native 5th generation Oregonian, so bear in mind that I was born with webs between my toes! Anyway, I used to think it rained too much when I was young. Then I  More

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