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Urbana, IL vs Iowa City, IA

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Highlights
- Iowa City has 9.6% less rainy days than Urbana.
- Iowa City has 3.1% more Sunny Days than Urbana.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Iowa City scores 1.4% worse than Urbana
 Urbana, ILIowa City, IAUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock3738
 Snowfall21  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock98106
 Sunny193  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock8586
 Avg. Jan. Low17  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock77
 UV Index4  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock6662443
Reviews for Urbana    7 Reviews

This town is horrendous. I cannot figure out why they think they are so important, as they wouldn't even exist if the college was not here. Just another worthless 40,000  More

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Over 16 years ago

Greetings: Urbana is a good college town to live but it comes with the usual dependency on the university for most of its cultural entertainment. Thankfully, it has a  More

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Over 17 years ago

Urbana really doesn't have much in the way recreation unless, your into the partying scene and even then there are only a few hangout places. Urbana is more of a  More

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Reviews for Iowa City    24 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

I was there 5 years. Nothing to do but we’ll go shopping... at Walmart. It lacks so many things. There is no experience here, it jumps on any political band wagon and  More

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Over 5 years ago

Entertainment lacks greatly - especially the Hancher shows. I was hoping after they rebuilt they would be getting better shows there, that didn't happen. One has to  More

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Over 7 years ago

Iowa City is great. It's diverse and never boring. There always a variety of new shops and restaurants to explore and try out. Also watching college kids do stupid  More

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