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Santa Barbara, CA vs Sarasota, FL

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Highlights
- Sarasota has 202.7% more rainy days than Santa Barbara.
- Sarasota has 11.3% less Sunny Days than Santa Barbara.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Sarasota scores 23.6% worse than Santa Barbara
 Santa Barbara, CASarasota, FLUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock5638
 Snowfall0  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock106106
 Sunny283  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock9186
 Avg. Jan. Low43  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock6.87
 UV Index5.7  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock202443
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 Sarasota    105 Reviews

Sarasota is my home from birth but those of us who have lived here long enough to have seen the devolution of what was once an easy to navigate, clean, low crime beach  More

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Starting to love Sarasota: Wife and I moved to Osprey- a small suburb between Sarasota and Venice. We're about 13 miles to downtown Sarasota, so not "city dwellers".   More

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As always, anyone considering moving to anyplace new, including Sarasota, needs to come down and spend a month or two before actually moving here. The city is overrun  More

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