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Thornton, CO vs Visalia, CA

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- Visalia has 31.0% less rainy days than Thornton.
- Visalia has 12.2% more Sunny Days than Thornton.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Visalia scores 12.3% better than Thornton
 Thornton, COVisalia, CAUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock1138
 Snowfall46  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock43106
 Sunny245  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock9586
 Avg. Jan. Low18  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock8.27
 UV Index5.1  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock3312443
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 Visalia    27 Reviews

I've lived in the city of Visalia for 3 years now. Relocated to accommodate a territory sales job. If I were allowed, I'd go w. a 3 1/2 Star rating. If not for the  More

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Quite possibly the most miserable city/town I have lived in. Why?: * Air quality is toxic and dangerous from a combination of intensive agricultural farming and diesel  More

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So Visalia's NE, NW, SW, and Downtown are nice areas. The worst part of town is north of Houston between Dinuba BLVD and Ben Maddox. Here you will see lots of  More

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