Los Angeles or Santa Rosa: which is better?
US metro area: head-to-head comparison
Santa Rosa wins on more indicators: 6 of 11 against 2.
- Money: Santa Rosa 0:4
- Climate and risks: tie 2:2
All indicators weigh the same. This is a score based on data, not advice on where to live: different people have different circumstances.
Los Angeles
Indicator
Santa Rosa
Money
Better: Santa Rosa (0 : 4)Per capita income
higher is better
✗$86,376
20243% lower
✓$88,832
20243% higher
Typical rent
lower is better
✗$2,929
2026-09-3010% higher
✓$2,666
2026-09-309% lower
Typical home value
lower is better
✗$950,020
2026-09-3021% higher
✓$782,966
2026-09-3018% lower
Price level
lower is better
✗113.6 100 = US average
20245% higher
✓107.8 100 = US average
20245% lower
Climate and risks
Tie (2 : 2)Air: median AQI
lower is better
✗80 AQI
2024321% higher
✓19 AQI
202476% lower
Days with unhealthy air
lower is better
✗134 days per year
2024
✓0 days per year
2024
Hot days (max ≥ +30 °C)
lower is better
✓56 days per year
2016-202512% lower
✗64 days per year
2016-202514% higher
Frost days (min ≤ −10 °C)
tie
0 days per year
2016-2025
0 days per year
2016-2025
Severe frost (min ≤ −20 °C)
tie
0.0 days per year
2016-2025
0.0 days per year
2016-2025
Ice days (max ≤ 0 °C)
neutral indicator: higher does not mean better
0 days per year
2016-2025
0 days per year
2016-2025
Heating degree days
neutral indicator: higher does not mean better
450 °C·days per year
2016-2025
1,435 °C·days per year
2016-2025
Cooling degree days
neutral indicator: higher does not mean better
863 °C·days per year
2016-2025
315 °C·days per year
2016-2025
Rainy days
neutral indicator: higher does not mean better
26 days per year
2016-2025
58 days per year
2016-2025
Annual precipitation
neutral indicator: higher does not mean better
394 mm per year
2016-2025
893 mm per year
2016-2025
Daylight on December 21
neutral indicator: higher does not mean better
9.9 hours
December 21 and June 21 (does not depend on the year)
9.5 hours
December 21 and June 21 (does not depend on the year)
Daylight on June 21
neutral indicator: higher does not mean better
14.4 hours
December 21 and June 21 (does not depend on the year)
14.9 hours
December 21 and June 21 (does not depend on the year)
Air humidity
no data for one of the places
72 %
2021-2025
no data
Muggy days (dew point ≥ +20 °C)
no data for one of the places
1 days per year
2021-2025
no data
Distance to the sea
neutral indicator: higher does not mean better
23 km
2006-2025
30 km
2006-2025
Earthquakes M4.5+ within 100 km
tie
0.45 per year
2006-2025
0.45 per year
2006-2025
Strongest earthquake in the period
lower is better
✓5.4 magnitude
2006-202510% lower
✗6.0 magnitude
2006-202511% higher
Urban environment
no winnerPopulation
neutral indicator: higher does not mean better
12,927,614 people
2024
485,375 people
2024
A winner is named only for indicators with a known “better / worse” direction. Population and other neutral indicators are shown without a winner. Outdated and missing values are not counted. Details for each place: Los Angeles, Santa Rosa.