Santa Ana
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About
Santa Ana is a city in and the county seat of Orange County, California, United States. Located in the Greater Los Angeles region of Southern California, the city's population was 310,227 at the 2020 census. As of 2023, Santa Ana is the third most populous city in Orange County, the 14th-most populous city in California, and the 65th most populous city in the United States. Santa Ana is a major regional economic and cultural hub for the Orange Coast.
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Why visit
Visit Santa Ana for landscape, water, gardens, and nearby routes. The value of Santa Ana is clearest when museums, streets, religious buildings, markets, food, and nearby landscape are read together. A good itinerary should stay selective. Let one institution, district, or landscape edge organize the day in Santa Ana, then keep the supporting stops close. In Santa Ana, the route gains clarity when the spaces between formal stops are allowed to matter. If Santa Ana has useful day trips or nearby landscape, use them to widen the context rather than to overload the schedule.
When to avoid
Do not visit Santa Ana expecting every useful stop to be close together or easy to improvise. Do the practical reading of Santa Ana first: hours, routes, weather, crowds, and how far the neighborhoods really sit from one another. In Santa Ana, distance, heat, parking, car dependence, and uneven transit can matter more than the list of sights. For Santa Ana, do not make weak transit carry the whole day; use a ride or car when it keeps the route sensible.
Summer (June to August)
In Santa Ana, the warm season usually means June through August. In Santa Ana, warmth can bring humidity, storms, and tiring afternoons. Use interiors in Santa Ana as part of the route, not just as a fallback from the weather. Use the edges of the day in Santa Ana for longer walks, then make the middle hours slower and more interior.
Winter Season (Dec-Feb)
December through February are the cooler or wetter period in Santa Ana. In Santa Ana, winter often shifts attention toward performances, museums, cafes, and long walks when the weather cooperates. Think of this period in Santa Ana as a planning question: what can still be walked, entered, and reached comfortably? In Santa Ana, this season can work well for museums, churches, galleries, theaters, bookshops, cafes, and ordinary neighborhood life. For Santa Ana, shorten exposed walks, verify opening times, and avoid making a late or wet return depend on weak transport links.
The next week in Santa Ana
7-day forecast from Open-Meteo. UV badges flag days when sun protection matters (3 and above is moderate; 8 and above is risk territory for unprotected fair skin within 30 minutes).
Today
Overcast
23° / 16°
UV Very high
Sat
Overcast
22° / 15°
UV Very high
Sun
Overcast
23° / 14°
UV Very high
Mon
Overcast
25° / 16°
UV Very high
Tue
Overcast
26° / 17°
UV Very high
Wed
Overcast
26° / 17°
UV High
Thu
In May 16
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Air quality
No monitoring station within 25 km.
Weather
32° / 12°
Typical high / low
0 mm rainfall this month
Daylight
13.9h
05:50 – 19:44local
Year-round climate
Monthly highs, lows, and rainfall (long-term averages, NASA POWER).
Airports near Santa Ana
8 commercial airports within 100 km. Closest is John Wayne Orange County International Airport (SNA) at 8 km.
Getting around Santa Ana
Public-transit operators within 8 km of the city center. Click through to each operator’s site for routes, fares, and tickets.
Operators and modes aggregated by TransitLand from individual transit-agency GTFS feeds. Route classifications (subway / tram / rail / bus / etc) come from each feed’s GTFS route_type codes.
Sources
This page blends public reference data, climate/elevation services, and personal notes. Travel requirements can change, so visa and entry details should be checked again before booking.
- Wikipedia →
Summary, canonical article, and some image fallbacks.
- Wikidata →
Population, area, image, coordinates, and linked identifiers where available.
- NASA POWER →
Monthly temperature and rainfall climatology.
- Open-Meteo historical weather →
1991-2020 temperature and precipitation cross-check for compact climate fields.
- Open-Elevation →
Coordinate-based elevation backfill.
- tz database →
Coordinate-based IANA timezone lookup.
- Site credits →
Global source notes, map tiles, flags, licenses, and attribution policy.