2025 Compare Cities Climate:
Santa Barbara, CA vs San Tan Valley, AZ

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Highlights
- San Tan Valley has 46.5% less rainy days than Santa Barbara.
- San Tan Valley has 3.2% more Sunny Days than Santa Barbara.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, San Tan Valley scores 18.0% worse than Santa Barbara
 Santa Barbara, CASan Tan Valley, AZUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock1038
 Snowfall0  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock32106
 Sunny283  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock10586
 Avg. Jan. Low43  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock7.37
 UV Index5.7  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock15162443
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 San Tan Valley    2 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

I’ve lived here for nearly two years now. I find it to be a great place to live with a few drawbacks. 1.) There is no highway access and results in messy traffic  More

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Over 8 years ago

This place is AWFUL what a mistake we made! Schools are crap & constantly begging for supplies, traffic gets worse by the day as they continue to throw up subdivisions,  More

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