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South Lake Tahoe, CA vs Barstow, CA

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Highlights
- Barstow has 78.1% less rainy days than South Lake Tahoe.
- Barstow has 12.9% more Sunny Days than South Lake Tahoe.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Barstow scores 16.4% better than South Lake Tahoe
 South Lake Tahoe, CABarstow, CAUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock538
 Snowfall142  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock25106
 Sunny249  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock10286
 Avg. Jan. Low21  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock7.87
 UV Index4.8  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock21752443
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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Reviews for Barstow    14 Reviews

Mike · 

The positive of Barstow- yes there is something positive that can be said about Barstow. At least it's not as bad as South Lake Tahoe. The only reason it gets 2 stars  More

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Over 7 years ago

Just a place to travel thru. Cheap alternative to LA suburbs, about 70 miles or Palm Springs. It is in high Mojave desert, hot in the summer, 100-110, can get down  More

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Be careful is all I can say. I moved there with the focus to buy a home the investor Cliff Unegbu AKA Clifford Unegbu will rip off as many people as he can and use  More

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