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Thornton, CO vs Phoenix, AZ

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- Phoenix has 40.6% less rainy days than Thornton.
- Phoenix has 22.0% more Sunny Days than Thornton.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Phoenix scores 0.0% worse than Thornton
 Thornton, COPhoenix, AZUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock938
 Snowfall46  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock33106
 Sunny245  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock10586
 Avg. Jan. Low18  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock7.37
 UV Index5.1  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock10862443
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 Phoenix    449 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

As someone that has worked in Phoenix for close to 20 years now. There is great areas to eat at, great opportunities for premium small businesses to set up shop and even  More

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Over 1 years ago

Phoenix is a city of potential and definitely has a bad reputation that is not completely deserved all throughout the city itself. There is tons of things to do, places  More

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Phoenix has tons of the best places to shop and eat at bar none due to it being the big city. Downtown is definitely underrated. There also is some nice new developments  More

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