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Thornton, CO vs Lakeland, FL

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- Lakeland has 241.9% more rainy days than Thornton.
- Lakeland has 2.0% less Sunny Days than Thornton.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Lakeland scores 8.2% worse than Thornton
 Thornton, COLakeland, FLUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock5338
 Snowfall46  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock115106
 Sunny245  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock9286
 Avg. Jan. Low18  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock6.77
 UV Index5.1  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock1942443
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 6 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 11 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 Lakeland    27 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

I used to live in Lakeland, It is hot, humid, crowded and getting more crowded, Most of the people are rude and unfriendly. I was born in the area and visit sometimes to  More

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Over 5 years ago

been there a few times i love it and i a m planning to ove this  More

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Over 8 years ago

Perhas if one is from this area, it is different I don't know. It is so dull and seems comfortable being so. There isn't much of a variety of people here, which I   More

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