2025 Compare Cities Climate:
Encinitas, CA vs Santa Barbara, CA

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Highlights
- Santa Barbara has 55.5% more rainy days than Encinitas.
- Santa Barbara has 7.6% more Sunny Days than Encinitas.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Santa Barbara scores 1.1% worse than Encinitas
 Encinitas, CASanta Barbara, CAUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock1938
 Snowfall0  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock38106
 Sunny263  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock7386
 Avg. Jan. Low44  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock8.97
 UV Index5.9  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock492443
Reviews for Encinitas    14 Reviews

I've lived in many different neighborhoods throughout San Diego over the years. They've all been coastal, from Pt. Loma, Pacific Beach, Del Mar, Solana Beach and  More

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Over 7 years ago

1. Horrible, nightmare traffic with lots of road rage drivers everywhere 2. Extremely high cost of living for small crappy houses / condos 3. Nothing to do, no  More

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Over 11 years ago

I have lived in many locations across the United States and the Caribbean and Encinitas is on my top list of places to live. The people are easy going and the pace  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 4 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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