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Thornton, CO vs Lake Havasu City, AZ

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Highlights
- Lake Havasu City has 68.4% less rainy days than Thornton.
- Lake Havasu City has 18.4% more Sunny Days than Thornton.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Lake Havasu City scores 2.7% worse than Thornton
 Thornton, COLake Havasu City, AZUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock538
 Snowfall46  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock22106
 Sunny245  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock10986
 Avg. Jan. Low18  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock7.17
 UV Index5.1  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock7382443
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 Lake Havasu City    21 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

First I want to begin this review by saying I am a young black woman who stopped here for 1 day on her way to California with my husband, who is white. Every  More

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Over 4 years ago

Unfortunately, many on the far-right like to “claim” Lake Havasu City, but that’s going to change very soon as more Dems move in and help to build the economy and add  More

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My wife and I purchased last year for a few reasons: we got tired of the people in California; city living and crime. Not trying to insult anyone just true. As we  More

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