2025 Compare Cities Climate:
Hickory, NC vs Asheville, NC

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Highlights
- Asheville has 3.3% less rainy days than Hickory.
- Asheville has 1.0% more Sunny Days than Hickory.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Asheville scores 0.0% worse than Hickory
 Hickory, NCAsheville, NCUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock4438
 Snowfall4  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock118106
 Sunny210  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock8486
 Avg. Jan. Low29  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock7.67
 UV Index4.6  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock21292443
Reviews for Hickory    8 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

Hickory is has wonderful amenities such as the science museum, children's museum, aquarium, art museum, symphony orchestra, and great universities. Its not far from  More

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Over 3 years ago

Hickory is a nice place to live. There are great parks here. Glen Hilton is a beautiful park with lots of play structures and tall trees nice elevated walking path.  More

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Cons, No ethnic diversity"... How is that a "Con"? That means it has a rich traditional culture, where most people share a interest in the same  More

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Reviews for Asheville    117 Reviews

Lived around this city my entire life, and have spent countless hours in every part of it- at one point, Asheville was the place to be, it had a high standard of living,  More

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Scotty · 

Asheville has changed dramatically over the pass twenty years . At one time downtown and the charming family friendly neighborhoods within, reminded me of The Waltons  More

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This city is very deceiving. Small but if you look close you see big liberal city problems in this town. Mainly because it is overwhelming liberal. Far left liberals.  More

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