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Sarasota, FL vs Santa Barbara, CA

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- 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
 Sarasota, FLSanta Barbara, CAUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock1938
 Snowfall0  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock38106
 Sunny251  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock7386
 Avg. Jan. Low51  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock8.97
 UV Index6.7  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock492443
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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