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Thornton, CO vs Soldotna, AK

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- Soldotna has 41.3% more rainy days than Thornton.
- Soldotna has 45.3% less Sunny Days than Thornton.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Soldotna scores 27.4% worse than Thornton
 Thornton, COSoldotna, AKUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock2238
 Snowfall46  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock120106
 Sunny245  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock6486
 Avg. Jan. Low18  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock5.37
 UV Index5.1  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock1052443
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 Soldotna    1 Reviews

May through late August: Summer with highs being in the 70's. This Summer (2006) so far it's been mainly cloudy and rainy. Our Summer daylight is awesome though, and  More

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