CITY PROFILE
Fargo, ND
WHAT LIVING HERE IS LIKE
Fargo, ND is a smaller metro where homes are on the pricier side of our dataset, so budget accordingly if you're relocating here. Expect a cold-winter, cool-summer climate with moderate sunshine and moderate rainfall—winters are serious, summers mild. It's a compact place with the tradeoffs that entails: less sprawl and shorter commutes, but fewer amenities than larger metros.
By the numbers
| Typical home value | $328K · Zillow, May 2026 (ZHVI) |
|---|---|
| Typical rent | $1,156/mo · Zillow, May 2026 (ZORI) |
| Average temperature | 6.2°C · warmest 23°C · coolest -12.4°C · NASA POWER |
| Annual precipitation | 608 mm · NASA POWER |
| Sunshine (solar energy) | 3.91 kWh/m²/day · NASA POWER (annual mean) |
| Metro size rank (US) | #194 · Zillow SizeRank |
Match scores
- Affordable to buy85
- Affordable to rent89
- Climate comfort15
- Plenty of sunshine40
- Big-city amenities53
Scores are 0–100, normalised across the metros we cover, derived from the sourced figures above (higher = better on that factor). A research aid, not a recommendation to move. Job market, safety, and healthcare access need key-gated feeds (BLS, FBI, Census) not yet wired — see the methodology.
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