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Tampa, FL vs Sarasota, FL

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Highlights
- Sarasota has 10.7% more rainy days than Tampa.
- Sarasota has 2.0% more Sunny Days than Tampa.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Sarasota scores 0.0% worse than Tampa

Climate
 Tampa, FLSarasota, FLUnited States
 Rainfall515638
 Snowfall0028
 Precipitation105106106
 Sunny246251205
 Avg. July High909186
 Avg. Jan. Low525122
 Comfort Index (higher=better)6.86.87
 UV Index6.96.74.3
 Elevation16202443

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Reviews for Tampa    162 Reviews

The people in Tampa are fantastic but the city is a total bore. All events are always in South Tampa and never elsewhere, ie, North Tampa. The north end never  More

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I've lived in small towns before and now for the past 25 years in this large metropolis. It's a very nice city. Lots of jobs, shopping restaurants, churches, Busch  More

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This is my favorite city that I have ever lived in. I am reading all of these terrible reviews for Tampa, but then when I read what people are writing, they are actually  More

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Reviews for Sarasota    105 Reviews

Sarasota is my home from birth but those of us who have lived here long enough to have seen the devolution of what was once an easy to navigate, clean, low crime beach  More

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Starting to love Sarasota: Wife and I moved to Osprey- a small suburb between Sarasota and Venice. We're about 13 miles to downtown Sarasota, so not "city dwellers".   More

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As always, anyone considering moving to anyplace new, including Sarasota, needs to come down and spend a month or two before actually moving here. The city is overrun  More

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ZIPS IN TAMPA, FLORIDA
33647, 33612, 33610, 33604, 33611, 33629, 33607, 33603, 33606, 33609, 15 total
ZIPS IN SARASOTA, FLORIDA
34234 34237 34239 34236

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