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Typical July weather
Santa Barbara
California · July
73° days
58° nights
rain is rare · 14 hours of daylight · ocean 63°
What to pack
- Sunscreen
What July feels like
July is when the gloom starts burning off earlier and the beaches fill. Fiesta lands in early August, but the buildup runs through July and the downtown hotels book out well ahead of it.
Rain is genuinely rare — most years, July stays dry start to finish. Humidity stays comfortable; the air never feels heavy.
Can you swim?
The ocean runs about 63° — cold — a quick dip takes resolve.
The numbers
| Typical high | 73° |
|---|---|
| Typical low | 58° |
| Days with real rain | 0 |
| Total rain | under 0.1 in |
| Humidity | comfortable |
| Water temperature | 63° |
| Sunrise / sunset (mid-month) | 5:57 am / 8:11 pm |