Annual mean 24°C · wettest around September · prevailing wind NE
Warmest
30.1 °C
Coldest
24.2 °C
Wettest
81%
Windiest
3.6 m/s
Prevailing
NE
3.1 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 24°C. May is the hottest month, with highs of about 30°C; January is the coldest, with lows of about 17°C. Santa Bárbara has no sharply defined rainy season: the chance of rain on a given day runs from 31% in February, the driest month, to 56% in September, the wettest. Winds in Santa Bárbara are highest in February, averaging 2.5 m/s (9 km/h), and lightest in September, at 1.7 m/s (6 km/h). The prevailing wind is from the NE. The clearest skies in Santa Bárbara come in March, when the sky is typically 48% covered; June is the cloudiest month, at 71%.
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
25°C
17°C
25°C
40%
54%
2.4 m/s
55
43
34
February
26°C
18°C
26°C
31%
51%
2.5 m/s
50
47
29
March
28°C
18°C
28°C
38%
48%
2.4 m/s
41
51
19
April
29°C
20°C
30°C
42%
52%
2.4 m/s
29
49
12
May
30°C
21°C
31°C
49%
61%
2.0 m/s
24
43
8
June
29°C
21°C
31°C
53%
71%
1.8 m/s
28
41
10
July
28°C
21°C
30°C
49%
64%
2.2 m/s
33
43
13
August
28°C
21°C
30°C
55%
65%
2.0 m/s
29
43
10
September
29°C
21°C
31°C
56%
67%
1.7 m/s
25
42
9
October
27°C
20°C
29°C
54%
67%
1.8 m/s
36
42
16
November
25°C
19°C
26°C
46%
65%
2.2 m/s
49
42
27
December
25°C
18°C
25°C
36%
60%
2.3 m/s
54
41
33
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 25°C at their warmest in December, its coolest month, and 30°C in May, its warmest; the coolest hours of the day run from 17°C to 21°C through the year, and the average temperature over the year is 24°C around the clock. Rain is most likely around September 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 25°CLow 18°CRain 36%
Winter in Santa Bárbara has typical daily highs of about 25°C and lows of about 18°C, with a 36% chance of rain on a given day.
Santa Bárbara weather in springMarch to May
High 29°CLow 20°CRain 43%
Spring in Santa Bárbara has typical daily highs of about 29°C and lows of about 20°C, with a 43% chance of rain on a given day.
Santa Bárbara weather in summerJune to August
High 28°CLow 21°CRain 53%
Summer in Santa Bárbara has typical daily highs of about 28°C and lows of about 21°C, with a 53% chance of rain on a given day.
Santa Bárbara weather in autumnSeptember to November
High 27°CLow 20°CRain 52%
Autumn in Santa Bárbara has typical daily highs of about 27°C and lows of about 20°C, with a 52% 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 31% in February, the driest month, to 56% in September, the wettest.
What time of year is Santa Bárbara windiest?
Winds in Santa Bárbara are highest in February, averaging 2.5 m/s (9 km/h), and lightest in September, at 1.7 m/s (6 km/h). The prevailing wind is from the NE.
What is the average temperature in Santa Bárbara year round?
The average temperature in Santa Bárbara over the whole year is 24°C. May is the hottest month, with highs of about 30°C; January is the coldest, with lows of about 17°C.