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Chesapeake, VA vs Santa Barbara, CA

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- Santa Barbara has 61.0% less rainy days than Chesapeake.
- Santa Barbara has 34.1% more Sunny Days than Chesapeake.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Santa Barbara scores 20.3% better than Chesapeake
 Chesapeake, VASanta Barbara, CAUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock1938
 Snowfall5  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock38106
 Sunny211  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock7386
 Avg. Jan. Low31  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock8.97
 UV Index4.5  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock492443
Reviews for Chesapeake    33 Reviews

I lived here in Virginia near the Cedar Rd. not so far from Tidewater Community college. If you want a great place to live to raise children, its Chesapeake  More

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I live around this area currently, in the "Hampton Roads". Which consists of Virginia Beach, Suffolk, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Newport News, Hampton, and Chesapeake. We're  More

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I was born in Hampton Roads and lived there for more than 65 years. We lived in the city of Chesapeake for three years from 2014-2017. Frankly, we were very glad to  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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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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