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Thornton, CO vs Portland, OR

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Highlights
- Portland has 176.1% more rainy days than Thornton.
- Portland has 41.2% less Sunny Days than Thornton.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Portland scores 2.7% better than Thornton

Climate
 Thornton, COPortland, ORUnited States
 Rainfall164338
 Snowfall46328
 Precipitation77156106
 Sunny245144205
 Avg. July High908186
 Avg. Jan. Low183622
 Comfort Index (higher=better)7.37.57
 UV Index5.134.3
 Elevation5348332443

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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 4 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 9 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 Portland    386 Reviews

I lived in Portland for 19 years (I've also lived in Boise, ID, the Bay Area, Austin, TX and now Nampa, ID). It drives me nuts when people try to give a large city a  More

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One of the best cities in America. Food scene is the best in the world. Weather is preferable over places where you have the same weather year round. I enjoy the  More

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I moved from Houston to Portland about a year ago. I remember reading the reviews on here and it making me second guess moving before I did, so I wanted to come back and  More

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ZIPS IN THORNTON, COLORADO
80229 80260 80241 80602
ZIPS IN PORTLAND, OREGON
97206, 97202, 97233, 97219, 97236, 97230, 97211, 97266, 97217, 97203, 28 total

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