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Sarasota, FL vs Tuscaloosa, AL

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Highlights
- Tuscaloosa has 5.5% less rainy days than Sarasota.
- Tuscaloosa has 14.7% less Sunny Days than Sarasota.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Tuscaloosa scores 4.4% better than Sarasota
 Sarasota, FLTuscaloosa, ALUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock5338
 Snowfall0  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock107106
 Sunny251  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock9286
 Avg. Jan. Low51  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock7.17
 UV Index6.7  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock2202443
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 Tuscaloosa    9 Reviews

This is the deal with Tuscaloosa. If you have strong family support that will keep you on track, you may be okay. Alabama has too many broken, uneducated, poor  More

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We've lived in Tuscaloosa for several years now. It's a diverse, friendly college town -- home of the University of Alabama and it's lovely campus -- that is relatively  More

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Tuscaloosa used to have some character. We had a decent live music scene, an up and coming artist community, affordable housing, and there were even several places for  More

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