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Thornton, CO vs Santa Ynez, CA

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- Santa Ynez has 32.3% more rainy days than Thornton.
- Santa Ynez has 17.1% more Sunny Days than Thornton.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Santa Ynez scores 17.8% better than Thornton
 Thornton, COSanta Ynez, CAUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock2138
 Snowfall46  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock42106
 Sunny245  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock8486
 Avg. Jan. Low18  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock8.67
 UV Index5.1  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock6072443
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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