2026 Compare Cities Climate:
Rochester, MN vs Santa Barbara, CA

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Highlights
- Santa Barbara has 45.4% less rainy days than Rochester.
- Santa Barbara has 57.2% more Sunny Days than Rochester.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Santa Barbara scores 36.9% better than Rochester
 Rochester, MNSanta Barbara, CAUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock1938
 Snowfall48  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock38106
 Sunny180  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock7386
 Avg. Jan. Low5  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock8.97
 UV Index3.2  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock492443
Reviews for Rochester    31 Reviews

Roch (and Minnesota) is a great place IF you live off the govt dole; subsidize undesirable things (through generous welfare benefits, lax law enforcement and sentences,  More

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Rochester is very vanilla. As a progressive, this place is not good. The area leans conservative and you'll see Trump signs everywhere... so that tells you the type of  More

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Over 6 years ago

I moved here over 20 years ago from California and I was in shock for the first couple of years that people actually lived in such a cold climate! Winter starts around  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 5 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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