2025 Compare Cities Climate:
Santa Barbara, CA vs Bethesda, MD

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- Bethesda has 130.8% more rainy days than Santa Barbara.
- Bethesda has 30.4% less Sunny Days than Santa Barbara.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Bethesda scores 18.0% worse than Santa Barbara
 Santa Barbara, CABethesda, MDUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock4338
 Snowfall0  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock114106
 Sunny283  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock8786
 Avg. Jan. Low43  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock7.37
 UV Index5.7  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock3182443
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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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 Bethesda    12 Reviews

Bethesda is awesome if you want to live near DC and in a relatively safe city that has few parking issues. Montgomery county has parking lots in downtown Bethesda and  More

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Amenities are plentiful, but costs continue to rise as do local and state taxes. Overall not a friendly place to  More

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Essentially an upscale suburb of Washington DC. Public transport is easy, there's plenty to do (though with none of the edginess of living closer in DC) and it's minutes  More

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