Santa Barbara
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About
Santa Barbara is a coastal city in Santa Barbara County, California, of which it is also the county seat. Situated on a south-facing section of coastline, the longest such section on the West Coast of the United States excepting Alaska, the city lies between the steeply rising Santa Ynez Mountains and the Pacific Ocean. Santa Barbara's climate is often described as Mediterranean, and the city has been dubbed "The American Riviera". As of the 2020 census, Santa Barbara had a population of 88,665.
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The next week in Santa Barbara
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
Fog
19° / 13°
UV Very high
Sat
Fog
28° / 12°
UV Very high
Sun
Overcast
20° / 13°
UV Very high
Mon
Overcast
22° / 13°
UV High
Tue
Partly cloudy
22° / 14°
UV Very high
Wed
Clear
23° / 15°
UV High
Thu
In May 16
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Air quality
No monitoring station within 25 km.
Weather
32° / 7°
Typical high / low
0 mm rainfall this month
Daylight
13.9h
05:56 – 19:52local
Year-round climate
Monthly highs, lows, and rainfall (long-term averages, NASA POWER).
Airports near Santa Barbara
2 commercial airports within 100 km. Closest is Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (SBA) at 12 km.
Getting around Santa Barbara
Public-transit operators within 8 km of the city center. Click through to each operator’s site for routes, fares, and tickets.
Local transit operators
AmtrakCity of Lompoc Transit (COLT)VCTCMTDAlvand TransportationAmtrak Chartered VehicleClean Air ExpressB MetroWestmont CollegeGold RunnerFlixbusAmerican Star ToursLimousine Express
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.
Sister cities
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.
- City flag source →
Public domain, en:User:Member.
- Site credits →
Global source notes, map tiles, flags, licenses, and attribution policy.