Climate averages 1991–2020
Santa Barbara weather
in August.
A hot, very dry month: the warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Santa Barbara: daytime highs average 30.7°C and nights cool to about 20.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical August (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 26 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ventura (40 km away). In August its highs average 26.6°C, 4.2°C cooler than Santa Barbara, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Santa Barbara ranks joint 186th of 498 for the warmest August highs and joint 36th of 498 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 498 cities is 29.9°C; Santa Barbara is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 1.2°C to 29.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 2.3 mm.
The annual picture
August in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Santa Barbara climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19.1°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 93 | 6.2 | 10.110 h |
| February | 19.0°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 94 | 6.7 | 10.911 h |
| March | 20.6°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 70 | 5.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 22.7°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 24 | 3.0 | 13.013 h |
| May | 25.1°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 10 | 1.8 | 13.914 h |
| June | 27.9°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 2.0 | 0.5 | 14.414 h |
| July | 30.0°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 2.7 | 0.7 | 14.214 h |
| August, selected | 30.7°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 0.8 | 0.2 | 13.413 h |
| September | 29.6°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 2.3 | 0.5 | 12.412 h |
| October | 26.4°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 18 | 1.9 | 11.311 h |
| November | 22.4°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 26 | 3.0 | 10.410 h |
| December | 18.9°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 61 | 5.1 | 9.910 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
August in nearby cities
- Ventura in AugustUnited States · 40 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 18.7°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Oxnard in AugustUnited States · 54 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 17.8°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Thousand Oaks in AugustUnited States · 84 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 19.1°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Simi Valley in AugustUnited States · 86 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 19.3°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Santa Maria, United States in AugustUnited States · 90 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 16.6°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Valencia, United States in AugustUnited States · 100 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 19.6°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Santa Clarita in AugustUnited States · 106 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 19.6°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Bakersfield in AugustUnited States · 123 kmHigh 35.0°C · Low 21.6°C · 0 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Santa Barbara) is explained once on the Santa Barbara year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.