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Thornton, CO vs Leadville, CO

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- Leadville has 7.1% less rainy days than Thornton.
- Leadville has 0.8% more Sunny Days than Thornton.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Leadville scores 26.0% worse than Thornton
 Thornton, COLeadville, COUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock1438
 Snowfall46  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock115106
 Sunny245  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock7186
 Avg. Jan. Low18  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock5.47
 UV Index5.1  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock101572443
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 Leadville    2 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

Plenty of snow, space and history. Rivers have Wild Trout. Landscape has all the colors of  More

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Over 16 years ago

There seem to be two seasons in Leadville; winter and summer. When the sun is shining in the winter, although it is cold, the sun quickly warms you up. The summer is  More

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