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Urbana, IL vs Santa Barbara, CA

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- Santa Barbara has 54.7% less rainy days than Urbana.
- Santa Barbara has 46.6% more Sunny Days than Urbana.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Santa Barbara scores 25.4% better than Urbana
 Urbana, ILSanta Barbara, CAUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock1938
 Snowfall21  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock38106
 Sunny193  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock7386
 Avg. Jan. Low17  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock8.97
 UV Index4  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock492443
Reviews for Urbana    7 Reviews

This town is horrendous. I cannot figure out why they think they are so important, as they wouldn't even exist if the college was not here. Just another worthless 40,000  More

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Over 16 years ago

Greetings: Urbana is a good college town to live but it comes with the usual dependency on the university for most of its cultural entertainment. Thankfully, it has a  More

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Over 17 years ago

Urbana really doesn't have much in the way recreation unless, your into the partying scene and even then there are only a few hangout places. Urbana is more of a  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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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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