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Sonora, CA vs South Lake Tahoe, CA

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- South Lake Tahoe has 43.3% less rainy days than Sonora.
- South Lake Tahoe has 5.0% less Sunny Days than Sonora.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, South Lake Tahoe scores 14.1% worse than Sonora
 Sonora, CASouth Lake Tahoe, CAUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock2338
 Snowfall8  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock61106
 Sunny262  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock8086
 Avg. Jan. Low32  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock6.77
 UV Index5.1  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock62372443
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 South Lake Tahoe    10 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

Pretty boring town. Very run down and seedy too. Lake is nothing special either. I much prefer the Pacific coast or even the Atlantic coast or great  More

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Seriously I don't get what the big deal about this dump is everything is grossly overpriced scenery is boring and not at all interesting very boring nothing to do very  More

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Over 5 years ago

Beautiful place to live. This site has most of the details wrong, has somehow lumped it together with Sacramento. Elevation is 6250 feet at the lake. Weather is cold in  More

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