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Thornton, CO vs El Mirage, AZ

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- El Mirage has 40.6% less rainy days than Thornton.
- El Mirage has 21.2% more Sunny Days than Thornton.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, El Mirage scores 1.4% worse than Thornton
 Thornton, COEl Mirage, AZUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock938
 Snowfall46  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock32106
 Sunny245  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock10686
 Avg. Jan. Low18  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock7.27
 UV Index5.1  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock11452443
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 El Mirage    3 Reviews

Over 16 years ago

Hi I found a $70,000 foreclosure house in El Mirage. Is it worth  More

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Over 16 years ago

Affordable and still close to  More

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Over 16 years ago

City-Data.com says that El Mirage Az is 68.8 hispanic ( i.e.mexican) and your site says it is 66% white. Both sites sites claim to have census stats and yet they also  More

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