2025 Compare Cities Climate:
Pacific Beach, WA vs Santa Barbara, CA

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Highlights
- Santa Barbara has 81.3% less rainy days than Pacific Beach.
- Santa Barbara has 119.4% more Sunny Days than Pacific Beach.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Santa Barbara scores 32.8% better than Pacific Beach
 Pacific Beach, WASanta Barbara, CAUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock1938
 Snowfall2  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock38106
 Sunny129  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock7386
 Avg. Jan. Low36  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock8.97
 UV Index2.7  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock492443
Reviews for Pacific Beach    1 Reviews

Over 12 years ago

what is the crime there and are the people  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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