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Santa Barbara, CA vs Albany, CA

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Highlights
- Albany has 36.2% more rainy days than Santa Barbara.
- Albany has 7.4% less Sunny Days than Santa Barbara.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Albany scores 2.2% worse than Santa Barbara
 Santa Barbara, CAAlbany, CAUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock2538
 Snowfall0  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock64106
 Sunny283  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock7286
 Avg. Jan. Low43  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock8.77
 UV Index5.7  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock432443
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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Reviews for Albany    4 Reviews

Albany is one of the best places to live not only in California but the USA. Niche 2023 has ranked Albany the number one suburb in California and is consistently in the  More

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Over 13 years ago

Like many places in the Bay Area, there are some mixed-race couples and gay couples in Albany. What is really striking, though, is the number of families where both  More

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Albany was originally built as a railroad workers' town. So the bad news is that nearly every house was originally two, or at most three, bedrooms with one bath, about  More

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