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Weather extremes in Santa Barbara

Santa Barbara ranks #6 of 134 US cities for mild weather, with a mildness score of 96 — Exceptional. That puts it in the 96th percentile nationally and #2 of 18 in California.

mildness score
96
Exceptional
National rank
#6 of 134
In California
#2 of 18
Percentile
96th

The typical city scores 50 for mild weather; Santa Barbara sits 46 points above the median.

How weather extremes is measured

Punishing heat, cold and storm extremes.

The mildness score is the flip side of our weather extremes measure — 100 minus the raw weather extremes score — so a city with less of it scores higher.

Data sources: NOAA Storm Events and climate-extremes data.

Full methodology → Glossary The raw measurement is part of the Data plan →

Ranked around Santa Barbara

  1. T#3 Telluride, CO 98
  2. #5 Portland, OR 97
  3. #6 Santa Barbara, CA — this page 96
  4. T#7 Honolulu, HI 95
  5. T#7 Napa, CA 95

See the full leaderboard — Cities with the mildest weather →

Top US cities for mild weather

  1. #1 Seattle, WA 100
  2. #2 San Francisco, CA 99
  3. T#3 Key West, FL 98
  4. T#3 Telluride, CO 98
  5. #5 Portland, OR 97

More about Santa Barbara

Santa Barbara scores 83 overall (Very Fun) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: