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Silverdale, WA vs Rochester, MN

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- Rochester has 20.2% less rainy days than Silverdale.
- Rochester has 15.4% more Sunny Days than Silverdale.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Rochester scores 11.0% worse than Silverdale
 Silverdale, WARochester, MNUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock3438
 Snowfall3  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock109106
 Sunny156  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock8286
 Avg. Jan. Low35  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock6.57
 UV Index2.7  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock10242443
Reviews for Silverdale    5 Reviews

I'm impressed by Silverdale industry. So many businesses! You can find just about anything you need in only a 2 mile radius. It's impressive that they fit so well and  More

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Lots of box stores, no real character or culture, rains a lot, skies are usually grey like the rest of the Puget Sound. Does have a good  More

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Last fall my husband and I visited the state of Washington to check out ideas for retirement locations...we fell in love with both Silverdale and Whidby Island. We  More

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Reviews for Rochester    31 Reviews

Roch (and Minnesota) is a great place IF you live off the govt dole; subsidize undesirable things (through generous welfare benefits, lax law enforcement and sentences,  More

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Rochester is very vanilla. As a progressive, this place is not good. The area leans conservative and you'll see Trump signs everywhere... so that tells you the type of  More

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Over 5 years ago

I moved here over 20 years ago from California and I was in shock for the first couple of years that people actually lived in such a cold climate! Winter starts around  More

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