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Spartanburg, SC vs Bakersfield, CA

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- Bakersfield has 85.2% less rainy days than Spartanburg.
- Bakersfield has 20.9% more Sunny Days than Spartanburg.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Bakersfield scores 9.5% better than Spartanburg
 Spartanburg, SCBakersfield, CAUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock738
 Snowfall2  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock38106
 Sunny225  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock9786
 Avg. Jan. Low27  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock8.17
 UV Index4.7  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock4042443
Reviews for Spartanburg    26 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

The library system is the stellar but numbers shown here are just wrong or are outdated- the area has exploded and with growth and costs are way up and services way  More

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Over 7 years ago

Made the choice to move here 3 years ago. I am single and retired and the cost of living here is much better than a lot of places. Less traffic, unemployment rate is  More

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Over 9 years ago

We moved here, from another state, 6 years ago. We love it! Real Estate is so economical. The weather is nice, year round. Summers do get hot. Great hospitals. The  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 4 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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