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The weather6
The Sauna You Can’t LeaveThe Bedroom That Never CoolsThe Umbrella EconomyRain, By The MetreSixteen Thousand DaysThe Year Without a Window
The hours it keeps6
The Cinderella ClauseThe Early Bedtime AwardThe Sunday Ghost TownThe Breakfast DesertThe Great Lunch VanishingThe Part-Time City
Getting out5
The Great Escape IndexHardest City to Leave (In a Hurry)The Domestic BubbleThe Hibernating AirportThe Perth Meridian
The ground and the sky4
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The Monoculture MenuThe Calendar of ExcusesA Gigabyte of Cats
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🇺🇸 United States · metro 91k · 383 venues mapped

Santa Barbara

Where Santa Barbara places among 1,878 cities measured on the one thing that needs no editing — the hours the city keeps. Its strongest showing is shops open on sunday, where it ranks 129 of 1,704.

Nearest city 🇺🇸 Camarillo 65 km Nearest written profile 🇺🇸 Los Angeles 📖 140 km

Typical weather

1981–present
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coldcool warmhot ▢ outlined = best time to visit
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Best time to visit May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct — mild (15–26 °C mean) and not wet months.

City Rhythm

measured

Opening hours, by kind of place

median across mapped venues
Food & drink383 places mapped
11:00–21:00
0006121824
6%
open past midnight
91%
open on Sundays
69h
open per week
6%
take a midday break
Shops & errands70 places mapped
07:00–22:00
0006121824
6%
open past midnight
86%
open on Sundays
98h
open per week
14%
open 24/7

Vital absurdities

measured
0
muggy days a year
0
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
39
umbrella days a year
19.8 m
of rain since 1981
569
days over 30 °C, of 16,627
0
volcanoes within 100 km
353.1 km
to Ubehebe Craters
6.4
quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)
16:53
winter sunset (solar approx.)
14.5 h
longest day of the year
11
public holidays, 2024
14,903
km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues
MeasureSanta Barbara RankNearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink 6.3% 237 of 1,878 🇩🇪 Essen 6.3%🇩🇪 Münster 6.3%🇺🇸 Pensacola 6.3%🇮🇩 Rangkasbitung 6.3%Santa Barbara🇩🇪 Wuppertal 6.3%🇨🇦 Abbotsford 6.2%🇺🇸 Bolingbrook 6.2%🇬🇧 Cannock 6.2%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink 69 h 144 of 1,878 🇪🇸 Murcia 69 h🇫🇮 Oulu 69 h🇺🇸 Palm Desert 69 h🇪🇸 Rivas-Vaciamadrid 69 hSanta Barbara🇪🇸 Santa Pola 69 h🇬🇧 Stafford 69 h🇬🇧 Swansea 69 h🇭🇺 Veszprém 69 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink 24% 237 of 1,878 🇭🇺 Kecskemét 24.1%🇺🇸 North Charleston 24.1%🇺🇸 Bloomington 24%🇬🇧 Peterborough 24%Santa Barbara🇺🇸 Athens 23.9%🇺🇸 Chapel Hill 23.9%🇺🇸 Manhattan 23.9%🇮🇩 Semarang 23.8%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break 5.9% 325 of 1,878 🇵🇾 Ciudad del Este 5.9%🇬🇷 Ioannina 5.9%🇲🇽 La Paz 5.9%🇧🇷 Macapá 5.9%Santa Barbara🇬🇧 Bristol 5.8%🇲🇾 Kuala Lumpur 5.8%🇦🇺 Melbourne 5.8%🇬🇧 York 5.8%
Never close at all% open 24/7 0.7% 224 of 1,878 🇫🇷 Poissy 0.7%🇮🇹 Rimini 0.7%🇩🇪 Rosenheim 0.7%🇦🇹 Salzburg 0.7%Santa Barbara🇺🇸 Spokane 0.7%🇹🇼 Tainan 0.7%🇮🇹 Verona 0.7%🇳🇿 Wellington 0.7%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail 86.1% 129 of 1,704 🇨🇴 Santa Rosa de Cabal 86.3%🇨🇾 Limassol 86.2%🇮🇹 Novara 86.1%🇺🇸 San Luis Obispo 86.1%Santa Barbara🇧🇷 Sao Jose dos Campos 85.9%🇺🇸 Sioux Falls 85.9%🇦🇷 Cipolletti 85.7%🇷🇴 Giurgiu 85.7%

The same questions are asked of the 126 cities with a written profile, where each one gets its method and its full standings: kitchens open past midnight, hours open per week, open before 8 a.m., vanish at lunch, shops open on sunday.

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