Warm-summer Mediterranean
Santa Barbara, California
Santa Barbara County, California · Population 88k · 52 ft elevation
Living in Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara has a warm-summer mediterranean climate: pleasantly warm summers (July highs around 76°F) and very mild winters (January lows around 46°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.
Santa Barbara is an outdoor hub: about 59% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 4,900 ft around town.
Santa Barbara at a glance
- Population
- 88k
- Elevation
- 52 ft
- Average daily high
- 72°F67th percentile
- Average daily low
- 53°F79th 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
- $1.5M99th percentile
- Median rent
- $2,302/mo93th percentile
- Median household income
- $102k75th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.48%7th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 13.3%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 8.8%
- Unemployment rate
- 4.7%
- Homes with broadband
- 94%69th percentile
- Walkability index
- 11.173th percentile
- Average commute
- 17 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 49%57th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 55%
- Violent crime rate
- 634 per 100k93th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 1,667 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9986th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 9998th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 33%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 59%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 4,921 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 67°F | 46°F | 4.4″ | — | 233 hrs |
| Feb | 67°F | 47°F | 4.4″ | — | 222 hrs |
| Mar | 68°F | 49°F | 3.2″ | — | 280 hrs |
| Apr | 71°F | 51°F | 1.0″ | — | 315 hrs |
| May | 72°F | 54°F | 0.4″ | — | 358 hrs |
| Jun | 73°F | 57°F | 0.1″ | — | 365 hrs |
| Jul | 76°F | 60°F | 0.0″ | — | 384 hrs |
| Aug | 78°F | 60°F | 0.0″ | — | 371 hrs |
| Sep | 78°F | 59°F | 0.1″ | — | 325 hrs |
| Oct | 76°F | 56°F | 0.8″ | — | 294 hrs |
| Nov | 71°F | 50°F | 1.4″ | — | 252 hrs |
| Dec | 66°F | 46°F | 3.1″ | — | 227 hrs |
Near Santa Barbara
- Montecito, CA · 8.8k
- Eastern Goleta Valley, CA · 29k
- University of California-Santa Barbara, CA · 12k
- Isla Vista, CA · 14k
- Goleta, CA · 33k
- Carpinteria, CA · 13k
- Oak View, CA · 6k
- Mira Monte, CA · 7.3k
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