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Watertown, NY vs Poughkeepsie, NY

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Highlights
- Poughkeepsie has 17.2% more rainy days than Watertown.
- Poughkeepsie has 1.9% more Sunny Days than Watertown.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Poughkeepsie scores 11.3% better than Watertown
 Watertown, NYPoughkeepsie, NYUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock4738
 Snowfall102  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock125106
 Sunny162  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock8486
 Avg. Jan. Low9  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock6.97
 UV Index3.3  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock2002443
Reviews for Watertown    2 Reviews

I don’t live there but visit on occasion. Very quiet town. Ran into a white out blizzard while driving there that a local tells me isn’t unusual. One minute I could  More

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Over 17 years ago

As a city primarily filled and flourished with military families, Watertown is a decent place to live. Because of the population influx from military families, the town  More

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Reviews for Poughkeepsie    10 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

I have mixed feelings about Poughkeepsie because there are equally as many things I love about that town as there are things I hate about it so I'm just going to write a  More

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Over 12 years ago

Prices are high here. housing is easily 25-30percent of our monthly  More

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Over 13 years ago

It'd be great if jobs were available. This city is OK but COL is so much higher in NY than where I was raised in South Maybe I should head  More

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