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Cocoa Beach, FL vs Santa Barbara, CA

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- Santa Barbara has 65.3% less rainy days than Cocoa Beach.
- Santa Barbara has 21.5% more Sunny Days than Cocoa Beach.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Santa Barbara scores 27.1% better than Cocoa Beach
 Cocoa Beach, FLSanta Barbara, CAUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock1938
 Snowfall0  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock38106
 Sunny233  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock7386
 Avg. Jan. Low49  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock8.97
 UV Index6.6  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock492443
Reviews for Cocoa Beach    3 Reviews

Cocoa beach is a great place to visit, closest beach to Disney. The people are very friendly. The schools are rated very well. I think the town needs a bit of  More

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Over 13 years ago

just want to say Cocoa Beach was a quiet little town when i was there. i did not hear of any major violent crime activity. you may want to take another look at the  More

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I dont know were you got this information on crime in Cocoa Beach. But I have lived here all my life and this is so not true. You might be confused with the City of  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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