Santa Barbara, CA
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from SANTA BARBARA, CA US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Santa Barbara has an annual average temperature of 62.5°F with about 19 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is August (average high 77.7°F), and the coldest is December (average low 46.1°F). January is typically the wettest month (4.43 in) and July the driest (0.01 in).
Best time to visit Santa Barbara
Full guide →Climate change signal
All-time records →28 of 366 (7.7%) of Santa Barbara's all-time daily heat records have been set since 2015. If records were spread evenly across the station's history, only about 5% would fall in any given decade.
| 1890s | 8 | |
| 1900s | 22 | |
| 1910s | 23 | |
| 1920s | 55 | |
| 1930s | 52 | |
| 1940s | 23 | |
| 1950s | 41 | |
| 1960s | 25 | |
| 1970s | 24 | |
| 1980s | 18 | |
| 1990s | 8 | |
| 2000s | 21 | |
| 2010s | 31 | |
| 2020s | 15 |
Bars: number of all-time daily heat records still standing that were set in each decade.
Monthly averages
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Avg Temp | Precipitation | Snow | Rainy days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 66.8°F | 46.5°F | 56.6°F | 4.43 in | — | 7 |
| February | 66.9°F | 47.3°F | 57.1°F | 4.41 in | — | 7 |
| March | 68.3°F | 49.4°F | 58.8°F | 3.20 in | — | 7 |
| April | 71.0°F | 51.4°F | 61.2°F | 1.01 in | — | 3 |
| May | 71.6°F | 54.3°F | 63.0°F | 0.41 in | — | 2 |
| June | 73.0°F | 57.3°F | 65.1°F | 0.14 in | — | 2 |
| July | 76.4°F | 60.2°F | 68.3°F | 0.01 in | — | 0 |
| August | 77.7°F | 60.3°F | 69.0°F | 0.01 in | — | 0 |
| September | 77.7°F | 59.5°F | 68.6°F | 0.05 in | — | 1 |
| October | 75.7°F | 56.0°F | 65.8°F | 0.84 in | — | 2 |
| November | 71.0°F | 50.2°F | 60.6°F | 1.40 in | — | 3 |
| December | 66.2°F | 46.1°F | 56.2°F | 3.07 in | — | 6 |
Climate twins of Santa Barbara
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