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Wasilla, AK vs Thornton, CO

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- Thornton has 1.3% more rainy days than Wasilla.
- Thornton has 91.4% more Sunny Days than Wasilla.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Thornton scores 28.1% better than Wasilla
 Wasilla, AKThornton, COUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock1638
 Snowfall55  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock77106
 Sunny128  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock9086
 Avg. Jan. Low9  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock7.37
 UV Index1.3  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock53482443
Reviews for Wasilla    7 Reviews

I've lived in Wasilla for two years so far and I love it. I have no problems with the valley. I live about 10 minutes south of the center of town in Wasilla and bought  More

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Previously lived for many years in Eagle River, Alaska. Moved to Wasilla almost 6 years ago now. The Wasilla cityscape is littered with aging strip malls and  More

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The main reason I’m commenting is to point out a glaring error in this website’s data. School funding is not $5,700 per year as this site reports. It is likely double  More

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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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