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Beautiful sunsets and sunrises, ocean breezes, clear skies, and temperatures mostly in the 70s are a college student’s dream. But UCSB students don’t have to dream. Santa Barbara has fantastic weather, especially compared to the weather horror stories from most other college towns. Although Santa Barbara sounds deceptively sunny year-round, it can occasionally rain and get foggy and cold. In Santa Barbara, June is called “June Gloom” because the marine layer usually hangs out over the coast until the sun burns it off sometime after lunch. However, these are minor complaints about infrequent deviations from a near-perfect climate.

Overall, Santa Barbara is seasonless—you can wear jeans and a T-shirt almost every day of the year, and girls wear tank tops to go out to parties throughout the year, whether it’s cold or not. Just don’t make the mistake of only packing tank tops and swimsuits—you will be buying a sweatshirt the first week of school for that one day a week it gets cloudy.

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courtneyevans

'15

Elementary Education

4.2

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B_E_A_Utiful

its beautiful majority of the time. It is usually sunny and warm, but some mornings it gets pretty foggy. It rains but not too often and the busses are always available to take to classes. The strong winds in fall make it hard to bike sometimes, but it is usually fine.

Jan 03, 2012

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veronicakd7

'13

Sociology

4.6

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Incredible!

We are located right next to the beach which is awesome. But you can almost always feel the breeze. So even when it is extremely hot it feels cool. Unfortunately when it is cold it is freezing. But you can always tolerate the nice weather.

Dec 28, 2011

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misslauren512

'14

Health Care

4.6

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Sunny California

Its pretty much always sunny and somewhat warm. It can get foggy in the mornings because its so close to the beach but this is pretty rare.

Dec 16, 2011

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