Climate averages 1991–2020
Santa Maria, United States weather
in January.
A mild, wet month: the joint 10th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a mild month in Santa Maria, United States: daytime highs average 17.1°C and nights cool to about 7.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 96 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes January a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 06 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Santa Barbara (90 km away). In January its highs average 19.1°C, 2.0°C warmer than Santa Maria, United States, with 93 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Santa Maria, United States ranks joint 95th of 498 for the warmest January highs and joint 409th of 498 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 498 cities is 9.5°C; Santa Maria, United States is 7.6°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs stay level at 17.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 96 mm to 92 mm.
The annual picture
January 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 Maria, United States climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 17.1°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 96 | 7.2 | 10.110 h |
| February | 17.1°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 92 | 7.9 | 10.911 h |
| March | 18.4°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 72 | 6.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 20.0°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 26 | 3.3 | 13.013 h |
| May | 21.9°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 11 | 1.5 | 14.014 h |
| June | 24.3°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 1.6 | 0.4 | 14.514 h |
| July | 25.8°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 0.8 | 0.2 | 14.314 h |
| August | 26.6°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 13.513 h |
| September | 26.2°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 1.1 | 0.4 | 12.412 h |
| October | 24.2°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 19 | 1.8 | 11.311 h |
| November | 20.2°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 35 | 3.7 | 10.410 h |
| December | 16.8°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 71 | 6.1 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Santa Barbara in JanuaryUnited States · 90 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 9.2°C · 93 mm rain
- Ventura in JanuaryUnited States · 129 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 7.4°C · 93 mm rain
- Bakersfield in JanuaryUnited States · 137 kmHigh 15.3°C · Low 4.1°C · 47 mm rain
- Oxnard in JanuaryUnited States · 143 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 8.9°C · 93 mm rain
- Simi Valley in JanuaryUnited States · 169 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 6.0°C · 91 mm rain
- Thousand Oaks in JanuaryUnited States · 170 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 6.6°C · 91 mm rain
- Valencia, United States in JanuaryUnited States · 176 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 5.1°C · 70 mm rain
- Santa Clarita in JanuaryUnited States · 184 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 5.0°C · 70 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 Maria) is explained once on the Santa Maria, United States year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.