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Jamestown, NY vs Santa Barbara, CA

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- Santa Barbara has 59.7% less rainy days than Jamestown.
- Santa Barbara has 79.1% more Sunny Days than Jamestown.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Santa Barbara scores 43.5% better than Jamestown
 Jamestown, NYSanta Barbara, CAUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock1938
 Snowfall107  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock38106
 Sunny158  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock7386
 Avg. Jan. Low14  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock8.97
 UV Index3.3  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock492443
Reviews for Jamestown    2 Reviews

Over 17 years ago

I have lived all over this country and can say that Jamestown is a lovely old city. It has some problems common to small, rural cities in the northeast - lack of job  More

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Over 18 years ago

We have been out West several times and find that we like the wide open spaces. Here in New York the foothills are to close and not enough open  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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