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Shasta Lake, CA vs Bakersfield, CA

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- Bakersfield has 84.6% less rainy days than Shasta Lake.
- Bakersfield has 10.6% more Sunny Days than Shasta Lake.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Bakersfield scores 3.8% better than Shasta Lake
 Shasta Lake, CABakersfield, CAUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock738
 Snowfall2  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock38106
 Sunny246  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock9786
 Avg. Jan. Low38  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock8.17
 UV Index4.8  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock4042443
Reviews for Shasta Lake    2 Reviews

Ive lived in Shasta Co. for a good 30 years, and the summers have always been exceptionally warm. But over the last 10 years or so, the summers have gotten almost  More

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Over 19 years ago

Shasta Lake is small community 8 Miles North of Redding. One of the major boat Launch ramps (Centamodi Ramp), on shasta Lake is just 3 miles to the North East of town.   More

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Reviews for Bakersfield    75 Reviews

I am a millennial, born and raised here. As someone who wrestled with staying for years, there are a lot of valid reasons to not come to Bakersfield. Air quality, summer  More

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Over 5 years ago

I have lived here all of my life. 40+ years. It used to be fun and kinda safe but now it is so scary to go outside. We are literally a homeless dumping ground and there  More

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I moved here from Seattle 25 years ago, when it had a population of 200,000, and practically the only place to get coffee was a place called “Duke’s Ranch”. Why did I  More

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