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St. Petersburg, FL vs Rochester, MN

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Highlights
- Rochester has 33.1% less rainy days than St. Petersburg.
- Rochester has 27.4% less Sunny Days than St. Petersburg.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Rochester scores 3.0% worse than St. Petersburg
 St. Petersburg, FLRochester, MNUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock3438
 Snowfall0  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock109106
 Sunny248  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock8286
 Avg. Jan. Low53  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock6.57
 UV Index6.3  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock10242443
Reviews for St. Petersburg    56 Reviews

I grew up here (1968). All the people who have posted how awful it is are not going to be happy anywhere because they see what they see. Thats the evolution of self as  More

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I moved here because my fiance was going to school here and two rents didn't make sense. Visiting was always great! However, after living here for a couple years it's  More

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Over 5 years ago

True the location is good, and during the Winters, it's really nice in St. Pete, but the Summers and brutally steaming HOT, and the St. Pete Police don't do their job  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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