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Sonora, CA vs Albany, CA

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Highlights
- Albany has 38.7% less rainy days than Sonora.
- Albany has 0.0% more Sunny Days than Sonora.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Albany scores 11.5% better than Sonora
 Sonora, CAAlbany, CAUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock2538
 Snowfall8  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock64106
 Sunny262  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock7286
 Avg. Jan. Low32  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock8.77
 UV Index5.1  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock432443
Reviews for Sonora    15 Reviews

I have lived in Sonora for two and a half years and love it. Some of the earlier reviews I read scared me before coming. Here is what we have found. We live in a  More

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Over 4 years ago

I have lived here for 8 years and I absolutely hate it. This town is not built for all the people it has to accommodate. Everyone from the ENTIRE county comes here to do  More

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Lived here for 21 years since my family moved up from the valley (to get away from gang violence and other crime). Traffic doesn't pay attention constantly running  More

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Reviews for Albany    4 Reviews

Albany is one of the best places to live not only in California but the USA. Niche 2023 has ranked Albany the number one suburb in California and is consistently in the  More

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Over 13 years ago

Like many places in the Bay Area, there are some mixed-race couples and gay couples in Albany. What is really striking, though, is the number of families where both  More

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Albany was originally built as a railroad workers' town. So the bad news is that nearly every house was originally two, or at most three, bedrooms with one bath, about  More

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