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Lanai City, HI vs Santa Barbara, CA

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- Santa Barbara has 32.7% less rainy days than Lanai City.
- Santa Barbara has 4.0% more Sunny Days than Lanai City.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Santa Barbara scores 5.3% worse than Lanai City
 Lanai City, HISanta Barbara, CAUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock1938
 Snowfall0  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock38106
 Sunny272  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock7386
 Avg. Jan. Low61  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock8.97
 UV Index9.9  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock492443
Reviews for Lanai City    1 Reviews

The island of Lana'i is truly a spectacular place to live, work, and play. It is a private island but still within the state of Hawaii. Life is slow here and there is  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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