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Sarasota, FL vs Santa Barbara, CA

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Highlights
- Santa Barbara has 67.0% less rainy days than Sarasota.
- Santa Barbara has 12.7% more Sunny Days than Sarasota.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Santa Barbara scores 30.9% better than Sarasota

Climate
 Sarasota, FLSanta Barbara, CAUnited States
 Rainfall561938
 Snowfall0028
 Precipitation10638106
 Sunny251283205
 Avg. July High917386
 Avg. Jan. Low514322
 Comfort Index (higher=better)6.88.97
 UV Index6.75.74.3
 Elevation20492443

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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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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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ZIPS IN SARASOTA, FLORIDA
34234 34237 34239 34236
ZIPS IN SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA
93101 93105 93103 93110 93109

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