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Thornton, CO vs Alameda, CA

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- Alameda has 41.3% more rainy days than Thornton.
- Alameda has 5.7% more Sunny Days than Thornton.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Alameda scores 19.2% better than Thornton
 Thornton, COAlameda, CAUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock2238
 Snowfall46  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock66106
 Sunny245  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock7186
 Avg. Jan. Low18  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock8.77
 UV Index5.1  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock332443
Reviews for Thornton    5 Reviews

Good place. Very suburbany (similar to the Springs). The houses are very small and old and yet still very expensive (albeit cheaper than southern Denver). Actually lots  More

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Over 5 years ago

I like Denver metro, but some cities aren’t too great. Thornton being one of them. Moved here because of highway access, and convenience to DIA for business travel. Am  More

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Over 10 years ago

The quality of life here in not good. The traffic is bad all the time. To try to get to the mountains takes forever! Also most lakes along the front range you can't even  More

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Reviews for Alameda    6 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

Having been born here & 70 now I have watched firsthand, a small, quiet town ruined by excessive building, overcrowding and far too many restaurants for a city this  More

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Enjoy the immense benefit to having a close-knit community with main-street USA feel less than 10 miles from the resources of several urban and education  More

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Alameda, CA is a unique town here in the Bay Area. Perhaps because it is an island, or perhaps because for many decades it was a U.S. Army base, the city has never  More

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