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Thornton, CO vs Santa Rosa, CA

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- Santa Rosa has 146.5% more rainy days than Thornton.
- Santa Rosa has 4.5% more Sunny Days than Thornton.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Santa Rosa scores 13.7% better than Thornton
 Thornton, COSanta Rosa, CAUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock3838
 Snowfall46  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock76106
 Sunny245  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock8486
 Avg. Jan. Low18  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock8.37
 UV Index5.1  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock1642443
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 Santa Rosa    43 Reviews

I was born and raised here. Santa Rosa used to be a great city great location great weather but now it is overcrowded and crime is off the charts and housing is crazy  More

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I've lived her over 20 years and it's a pretty nice place. The main vibe is you feel safe doing this day or night. Most of the neighborhoods are well taken care of, they  More

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Terrible city that's hurting for money. After going on a long hiatus from enforcing traffic laws, they've recently turned their highways into an ATM machine/cash cow by  More

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