2025 Compare Cities Climate:
West Lafayette, IN vs Sarasota, FL

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- Sarasota has 47.8% more rainy days than West Lafayette.
- Sarasota has 35.7% more Sunny Days than West Lafayette.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Sarasota scores 2.9% worse than West Lafayette
 West Lafayette, INSarasota, FLUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock5638
 Snowfall19  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock106106
 Sunny185  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock9186
 Avg. Jan. Low17  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock6.87
 UV Index3.9  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock202443
Reviews for West Lafayette    11 Reviews

I am originally from Greencastle, Indiana, a nice friendly rural town and home to DePauw University. Presently, I live in West Lafayette, Indiana, due to my having been  More

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Over 11 years ago

It's a nice small town. It's too bad it's not closer to Indy. I think I would like it here  More

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Over 14 years ago

They have good schools, parks and always have events to  More

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Reviews for Sarasota    105 Reviews

Sarasota is my home from birth but those of us who have lived here long enough to have seen the devolution of what was once an easy to navigate, clean, low crime beach  More

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Starting to love Sarasota: Wife and I moved to Osprey- a small suburb between Sarasota and Venice. We're about 13 miles to downtown Sarasota, so not "city dwellers".   More

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As always, anyone considering moving to anyplace new, including Sarasota, needs to come down and spend a month or two before actually moving here. The city is overrun  More

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