Santa Barbara CA Average Temperatures by Month

The numbers here tell you how hot and cold the weather usually is in Santa Barbara, California during each month of the year.

The average high and low temperatures are listed below for Santa Barbara, in both degrees Fahrenheit and Celsius.

Maximums and minimums are only part of the temperature picture. To fill in the rest, there's information on how many days a month get above or below a given temperature.

To find out how often it rises over 70, 80 or 90 °F monthly and annually in Santa Barbara, scroll down farther. There are also counts of nights with warm temperatures and days with cold weather.

The first set of high and low temperatures are averages for 2010 to 2019. Everything else here is based on 1991 to 2020 weather.

10-year temperature averages for Santa Barbara, 2010 to 2019
High °F	Low °F		High °C	Low °C
67	47	January	19	8
67	47	February	20	8
70	50	March	21	10
73	52	April	23	11
73	54	May	23	12
73	58	June	23	14
77	61	July	25	16
78	61	August	26	16
80	61	September	27	16
78	57	October	25	14
71	51	November	22	11
65	47	December	18	8
72	54	Year	22	12

30-year temperature averages for Santa Barbara, 1991 to 2020
High °F	Low °F		High °C	Low °C
67	47	January	19	8
67	47	February	19	9
68	49	March	20	10
71	51	April	22	11
72	54	May	22	12
73	57	June	23	14
76	60	July	25	16
78	60	August	25	16
78	60	September	25	15
76	56	October	24	13
71	50	November	22	10
66	46	December	19	8
72	53	Year	22	12

Days of Hot Weather in Santa Barbara

Santa Barbara rarely suffers from extremely hot weather. Temperatures above 100 °F (38 °C) occur just once every three years on average. Plus the city typically sees only five days a year when temperatures reach into the 90s (32 °C).

Days per month in Santa Barbara of at least 70, 80 or 90 °F
	70 °F 21 °C	80 °F 27 °C	90 °F 32 °C
January	8	1	0
February	7	2	0
March	10	2	0
April	15	3	1
May	16	3	1
June	20	2	0
July	29	6	0
August	30	8	1
September	27	9	1
October	23	7	2
November	14	3	0
December	6	0	0
Year	205	46	5

Warm Nights in Santa Barbara

Just like the days, the nights at Santa Barbara are never exceptionally hot. Even in the most extreme weather, nights here cool down to less than 70 °F.

Average number of days monthly in Santa Barbara that never get cooler than 50 or 60 °F
	50 °F 10 °C	60 °F 16 °C
January	6	0
February	8	0
March	14	0
April	19	0
May	28	1
June	29	4
July	31	13
August	31	14
September	29	11
October	29	4
November	15	0
December	6	0
Year	244	48

How Often Santa Barbara Has Cold Temperatures

Cold weather is almost unheard of in Santa Barbara. Normally every day warms up to at least 50 degrees F (10 °C).

Only about eleven nights a year cool down to 40 °F (4 °C) or less. It's most likely to get this cold in December or January, but a chilly night can also happen in February or March. Once every three years on average, a night at Santa Barbara will drop to freezing.

Santa Barbara Temperatures: Averages by Month

Days of Hot Weather in Santa Barbara

Warm Nights in Santa Barbara

How Often Santa Barbara Has Cold Temperatures

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