Warm-summer Mediterranean
Isla Vista, California
Santa Barbara County, California · Population 14k · 49 ft elevation
Living in Isla Vista
Isla Vista has a warm-summer mediterranean climate: pleasantly warm summers (July highs around 71°F) and mild winters (January lows around 43°F).
Precipitation is dry at about 19″ a year, and it essentially never sees snow.
Skies are exceptionally sunny (81% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is poor: a median AQI of 52 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
Isla Vista is an outdoor hub: about 52% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 4,800 ft around town.
Isla Vista at a glance
- Population
- 14k
- Elevation
- 49 ft
- Average daily high
- 67°F54th percentile
- Average daily low
- 50°F69th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 19″13th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 0″0th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 3,626 hrs93th percentile
- Median AQI
- 5286th percentile
- Median home value
- $1.2M98th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,856/mo83th percentile
- Median household income
- $24k0th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 13.3%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 8.8%
- Unemployment rate
- 17.1%
- Homes with broadband
- 88%32th percentile
- Walkability index
- 10.167th percentile
- Average commute
- 16 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 10%2th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 10%
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9986th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 9897th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 31%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 52%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 4,790 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 63°F | 43°F | 4.7″ | — | 233 hrs |
| Feb | 62°F | 44°F | 4.3″ | — | 222 hrs |
| Mar | 65°F | 46°F | 3.3″ | — | 280 hrs |
| Apr | 65°F | 48°F | 1.0″ | — | 315 hrs |
| May | 68°F | 51°F | 0.5″ | — | 358 hrs |
| Jun | 68°F | 54°F | 0.1″ | — | 365 hrs |
| Jul | 71°F | 57°F | 0.1″ | — | 384 hrs |
| Aug | 72°F | 56°F | 0.0″ | — | 371 hrs |
| Sep | 71°F | 56°F | 0.1″ | — | 325 hrs |
| Oct | 72°F | 51°F | 0.8″ | — | 294 hrs |
| Nov | 67°F | 46°F | 1.2″ | — | 252 hrs |
| Dec | 63°F | 42°F | 2.8″ | — | 227 hrs |
Near Isla Vista
- University of California-Santa Barbara, CA · 12k
- Goleta, CA · 33k
- Eastern Goleta Valley, CA · 29k
- Santa Barbara, CA · 88k
- Montecito, CA · 8.8k
- Santa Ynez, CA · 4.7k
- Solvang, CA · 6k
- Carpinteria, CA · 13k
Largest places in California
- Los Angeles, CA · 3.9M
- San Diego, CA · 1.4M
- San Jose, CA · 990k
- San Francisco, CA · 836k
- Fresno, CA · 544k
- Sacramento, CA · 525k
- Long Beach, CA · 458k
- Oakland, CA · 438k
Sources: NOAA climate normals, NASA POWER, EPA air quality, U.S. Census Bureau, FEMA, FBI, EPA walkability and EDFacts. Methodology