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Menlo Park, CA vs Santa Barbara, CA

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- Santa Barbara has 8.2% more rainy days than Menlo Park.
- Santa Barbara has 11.0% more Sunny Days than Menlo Park.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Santa Barbara scores 1.1% better than Menlo Park
 Menlo Park, CASanta Barbara, CAUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock1938
 Snowfall0  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock38106
 Sunny255  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock7386
 Avg. Jan. Low41  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock8.97
 UV Index4.9  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock492443
Reviews for Menlo Park    5 Reviews

Over 10 years ago

Cost of living is beyond absurdly  More

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Very nice. Good connection to San Francisco or San Jose or any city in between via Caltrain or bus. Weather can't be  More

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My 14mo daughter, wife and I live in Menlo Park, CA which is approximately half way between San Francisco and San Jose. To afford an upper middle class quality of life  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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