Climate averages 1991–2020
Santa Barbara weather
in November.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 8th warmest and the 8th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a warm month in Santa Barbara: daytime highs average 22.4°C and nights cool to about 11.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 26 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes November a fairly dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 24 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ventura (40 km away). In November its highs average 20.3°C, 2.1°C cooler than Santa Barbara, with 23 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Santa Barbara ranks joint 59th of 498 for the warmest November highs and joint 82nd of 498 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 498 cities is 15.2°C; Santa Barbara is 7.1°C warmer than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 3.5°C to 18.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 26 mm to 61 mm.
The annual picture
November 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 | 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, selected | 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
November in nearby cities
- Ventura in NovemberUnited States · 40 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 10.4°C · 23 mm rain
- Oxnard in NovemberUnited States · 54 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 11.8°C · 23 mm rain
- Thousand Oaks in NovemberUnited States · 84 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 9.8°C · 21 mm rain
- Simi Valley in NovemberUnited States · 86 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 9.2°C · 21 mm rain
- Santa Maria, United States in NovemberUnited States · 90 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 9.7°C · 35 mm rain
- Valencia, United States in NovemberUnited States · 100 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 8.2°C · 18 mm rain
- Santa Clarita in NovemberUnited States · 106 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 8.2°C · 18 mm rain
- Bakersfield in NovemberUnited States · 123 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 7.4°C · 26 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.