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Fountain Hills, AZ vs Santa Barbara, CA

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Highlights
- Santa Barbara has 39.1% more rainy days than Fountain Hills.
- Santa Barbara has 5.7% less Sunny Days than Fountain Hills.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Santa Barbara scores 20.3% better than Fountain Hills
 Fountain Hills, AZSanta Barbara, CAUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock1938
 Snowfall0  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock38106
 Sunny300  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock7386
 Avg. Jan. Low42  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock8.97
 UV Index6.4  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock492443
Reviews for Fountain Hills    10 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

We live in Boise but are seriously considering a move to Fountain Hills. We have visited FH and it's beautiful...but we are not sure we can do the Summers! In Boise  More

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Over 9 years ago

We have lived in many cities in the US we moved here 10 yrs ago raised 2 boys and I would not give it up for any other place. move here raise a family and retire  More

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Over 13 years ago

Beautiful homes with mountaineous  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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