Annual mean 20°C · wettest around May · prevailing wind E
Warmest
24.5 °C
Coldest
23.1 °C
Wettest
11%
Windiest
3.8 m/s
Prevailing
E
3.2 m/s average
When this place is good five ratings · thirty-six ten-day sections · click a cell to read it
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The average temperature in Santa Bárbara over the whole year is 20°C. August is the hottest month, with highs of about 24°C; January is the coldest, with lows of about 16°C. Santa Bárbara has no sharply defined rainy season: the chance of rain on a given day runs from 11% in February, the driest month, to 24% in May, the wettest. Winds in Santa Bárbara are highest in July, averaging 2.3 m/s (8 km/h), and lightest in November, at 1.8 m/s (6 km/h). The prevailing wind is from the E. The clearest skies in Santa Bárbara come in January, when the sky is typically 65% covered; April is the cloudiest month, at 76%.
Month by month Santa Bárbara climate by month: average temperatures year round · click a month to read it
Month
High
Low
Feels like
Chance of rain
Cloud
Wind
Being outside
Sun
Walking
January
24°C
16°C
23°C
12%
65%
2.2 m/s
78
32
55
February
24°C
17°C
23°C
11%
71%
2.2 m/s
78
32
54
March
24°C
17°C
23°C
17%
74%
2.0 m/s
76
31
52
April
23°C
17°C
23°C
23%
76%
2.0 m/s
76
32
51
May
24°C
17°C
24°C
24%
75%
1.9 m/s
72
33
47
June
24°C
16°C
23°C
23%
73%
2.2 m/s
76
33
52
July
24°C
16°C
23°C
17%
65%
2.3 m/s
76
35
52
August
24°C
16°C
23°C
18%
67%
2.3 m/s
76
34
52
September
24°C
17°C
23°C
23%
68%
2.1 m/s
75
33
52
October
24°C
17°C
23°C
21%
74%
1.9 m/s
77
32
53
November
23°C
17°C
23°C
22%
74%
1.8 m/s
77
31
52
December
23°C
16°C
23°C
12%
70%
2.0 m/s
79
34
53
High and low are the warmest and coolest of four readings a day — midnight, 6am, noon and 6pm — so a true overnight low can sit a degree or two under them. Chance of rain, cloud and wind are the day’s average; feels-like and the three ratings (each out of 100: Good from 55, Ideal from 80) are read at midday.
Seasons, and the year in short Santa Bárbara weather by season
Year round, Santa Bárbara has days of about 23°C at their warmest in November, its coolest month, and 24°C in August, its warmest; the coolest hours of the day run from 16°C to 17°C through the year, and the average temperature over the year is 20°C around the clock. Rain is most likely around May and least likely around February. Every figure here is a decade of observations blended into one representative year, so it reads as what this date is usually like, not a forecast for one particular day.
Santa Bárbara weather in winterDecember to February
High 23°CLow 16°CRain 12%
Winter in Santa Bárbara has typical daily highs of about 23°C and lows of about 16°C, with a 12% chance of rain on a given day.
Santa Bárbara weather in springMarch to May
High 24°CLow 17°CRain 21%
Spring in Santa Bárbara has typical daily highs of about 24°C and lows of about 17°C, with a 21% chance of rain on a given day.
Santa Bárbara weather in summerJune to August
High 24°CLow 16°CRain 19%
Summer in Santa Bárbara has typical daily highs of about 24°C and lows of about 16°C, with a 19% chance of rain on a given day.
Santa Bárbara weather in autumnSeptember to November
High 24°CLow 17°CRain 22%
Autumn in Santa Bárbara has typical daily highs of about 24°C and lows of about 17°C, with a 22% chance of rain on a given day.
When is the rainy season in Santa Bárbara?
Santa Bárbara has no sharply defined rainy season: the chance of rain on a given day runs from 11% in February, the driest month, to 24% in May, the wettest.
What time of year is Santa Bárbara windiest?
Winds in Santa Bárbara are highest in July, averaging 2.3 m/s (8 km/h), and lightest in November, at 1.8 m/s (6 km/h). The prevailing wind is from the E.
What is the average temperature in Santa Bárbara year round?
The average temperature in Santa Bárbara over the whole year is 20°C. August is the hottest month, with highs of about 24°C; January is the coldest, with lows of about 16°C.