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Ashburn, VA vs Santa Barbara, CA

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Highlights
- Santa Barbara has 56.0% less rainy days than Ashburn.
- Santa Barbara has 43.7% more Sunny Days than Ashburn.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Santa Barbara scores 23.6% better than Ashburn
 Ashburn, VASanta Barbara, CAUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock1938
 Snowfall22  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock38106
 Sunny197  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock7386
 Avg. Jan. Low23  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock8.97
 UV Index4  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock492443
Reviews for Ashburn    5 Reviews

Over 8 years ago

We’ve lived here for 10 months and it’s not awesome. The housing costs are insane and the yards are postage stamps with apartments and townhomes lining every road and  More

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Over 11 years ago

Ashburn is part of the growing population of Northern Virginia. A planned community, largely built in the 1990's, Ashburn was one of the first developments in eastern  More

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Over 11 years ago

Weather is great, has all four seasons, minor snow fall and mild  More

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Reviews for Santa Barbara    51 Reviews

I moved to Santa Barbara around 23 years ago to study at Brooks, which like most of the Santa Barbara that I knew—has been destroyed. Homelessness, drugs, gangs, high  More

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Over 5 years ago

I fell in love with Santa Barbara about thirty years ago and finally moved here a few years ago. Because of the price of homes, it is an expensive place to live. The  More

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If you like high crime, paying a $4,500 a month mortgage and crazy high taxes, this is the place for you. It’s too bad because it wasn’t always like this. When I moved  More

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