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The Cape Girardeau, MO-IL metro area is located on the Mississippi River, 110 miles south of St. Louis and 175 miles north of Memphis. Cape Girardeau is one of the smaller metros in the United States and is comprised of Cape Girardeau, Bollinger and Alexander IL counties.
The many benefits of living in the Cape Girardeau metro include affordability, low traffic and mild winters.
Some disadvantages of the Cape Girardeau metro area include weak growth, poor health, humid, few cultural resources and few recreational options.
The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for the Cape Girardeau metro area is 7.2 (10=best), which means it is more comfortable than most places in Missouri. September, May and October are the most pleasant months while January and December are the least comfortable months.
In the Cape Girardeau metro area, there are 3 comfortable months with high temperatures in the range of 70-85 degrees. The most pleasant months of the year for the Cape Girardeau metro area are May, September and October. July is the hottest month for the Cape Girardeau metro area with an average high temperature of 89.3 degrees, which ranks it as warmer than most places in Missouri. January has the coldest nighttime temperatures for the Cape Girardeau metro area with an average of 23.3 degrees. This is warmer than most places in Missouri.
The annual rainfall of 48.0 inches in the Cape Girardeau metro area means that it is one of the wettest places in Missouri. The wettest season is Summer with 30% of yearly precipitation and 23% falls in Spring, which is the driest season. May is the wettest month in the Cape Girardeau metro area with 5.2 inches of rain, and the driest month is August with 3.1 inches.
The humidity is can be uncomfortably heavy or close in the Cape Girardeau metro area during the summer months. July is the most humid month, though humidity is low for most of the year. July, August and June are the three most humid months in the Cape Girardeau metro area.
An annual snowfall of 8.9 inches in the Cape Girardeau metro area means that it is less snowy than most places in Missouri. February is the snowiest month in the Cape Girardeau metro area with 3.3 inches of snow, and 4 months of the year have significant snowfall.