Climate averages 1991–2020
Santa Barbara weather
in February.
A mild, wet month: the 11th warmest and the wettest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a mild month in Santa Barbara: daytime highs average 19.0°C and nights cool to about 9.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 94 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes February a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 55 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ventura (40 km away). In February its highs average 17.1°C, 1.9°C cooler than Santa Barbara, with 95 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Santa Barbara ranks joint 58th of 498 for the warmest February highs and joint 393rd of 498 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 498 cities is 11.1°C; Santa Barbara is 7.9°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 1.5°C to 20.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 94 mm to 70 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Ventura in FebruaryUnited States · 40 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 7.7°C · 95 mm rain
- Oxnard in FebruaryUnited States · 54 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 9.0°C · 95 mm rain
- Thousand Oaks in FebruaryUnited States · 84 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 6.9°C · 98 mm rain
- Simi Valley in FebruaryUnited States · 86 kmHigh 17.8°C · Low 6.4°C · 98 mm rain
- Santa Maria, United States in FebruaryUnited States · 90 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 7.5°C · 92 mm rain
- Valencia, United States in FebruaryUnited States · 100 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 5.7°C · 82 mm rain
- Santa Clarita in FebruaryUnited States · 106 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 5.6°C · 82 mm rain
- Bakersfield in FebruaryUnited States · 123 kmHigh 16.7°C · Low 5.4°C · 49 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.