2025 Compare Cities Climate:
Lihue, HI vs Santa Barbara, CA

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Highlights
- Santa Barbara has 59.1% less rainy days than Lihue.
- Santa Barbara has 16.9% more Sunny Days than Lihue.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Santa Barbara scores 6.0% better than Lihue
 Lihue, HISanta Barbara, CAUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock1938
 Snowfall0  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock38106
 Sunny242  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock7386
 Avg. Jan. Low64  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock8.97
 UV Index9.9  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock492443
Reviews for Lihue    2 Reviews

Over 15 years ago

WHY IS THERE NOT A CATAGORY AND STATISTICS AS TO DRUG CRIMES AND DRUG USAGE? THAT IS A VERY IMPORTANT ISSUE WHEN DECIDING WHERE TO RELOCATE OR  More

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The Climate on Kauai has to be one of the best on this planet. Over the past 8 years, The highest temperature has been 90 and the lowest 51. Trade winds tend to blow  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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