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Satellite view of East Beach; the pin marks the beach
Satellite view: Sentinel-2 cloudless · EOX, CC BY 4.0, colour-adjusted by Coastya. About 6 km of coast; the pin marks the beach.

Beach

East Beach

United StatesCalifornia · United States · Pacific Ocean

34.4167, -119.6640 · Santa Barbara, 3 km

  • 18°Sea · September
  • 33°High · July
  • 12.4 hSunshine · June
The dot marks East Beach. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

East Beach in October

  • 25°CAir, daytime high11°C at night
  • 18°CSea temperature
  • 9.0 hSunshine a day
  • 2 daysRainy days in the month18 mm in total
  • 9 km/hAverage wind

Averages for 1991–2020. A rainy day is a day with at least 1 mm of rain.

The beach itself

  • 64Places to stay within 5 kmHotels, guest houses, apartments and campsites · OpenStreetMap
  • 16 kmAirport: Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (SBA)In a straight line; by road it is further

No reliable information yet on: bathing water quality, wheelchair access, lifeguards.

October from 2020 to 2025

In October 2025 the sea averaged 18.8 °C — 0.9 °C above the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: +0.9 °C

1991–2020 average: 17.9 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: −0.8 °C

1991–2020 average: 24.7 °C

Each bar is one year. Above the dashed line (the 1991–2020 average), that month was warmer than usual; below it, cooler.

When to go

1991–2020 averages
Warmest seaAugust and September18 °C
Most sunshineJune and July12 h of sun a day
Least rainJune and August1 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan14°7 h74 mm
  2. Feb14°7 h74 mm
  3. Mar14°9 h50 mm
  4. Apr14°10 h21 mm
  5. May14°12 h10 mm
  6. Jun16°12 h1 mm
  7. Jul18°12 h2 mm
  8. Aug18°12 h1 mm
  9. Sep18°11 h3 mm
  10. Oct18°9 h18 mm
  11. Nov17°8 h25 mm
  12. Dec15°6 h60 mm
8°C20°C32°C

Each card is a month. The colour is the sea temperature, on the same scale as the map; in bold, the two best months for each.

Sea temperature

1991–2020 averages
14°16°18°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 14°Feb: 14°Mar: 14°Apr: 14°May: 14°Jun: 16°Jul: 18°Aug: 18°Sep: 18°Oct: 18°Nov: 17°Dec: 15°18°14°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 10 °C (High 15° / Low 4°)Feb: 10 °C (High 15° / Low 4°)Mar: 11 °C (High 18° / Low 5°)Apr: 13 °C (High 20° / Low 6°)May: 17 °C (High 25° / Low 10°)Jun: 22 °C (High 30° / Low 13°)Jul: 25 °C (High 33° / Low 17°)Aug: 25 °C (High 33° / Low 16°)Sep: 22 °C (High 30° / Low 15°)Oct: 18 °C (High 25° / Low 11°)Nov: 13 °C (High 19° / Low 7°)Dec: 9 °C (High 14° / Low 4°)25°9°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm25 mm50 mm75 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 74 mm74Feb: 74 mmMar: 50 mmApr: 21 mmMay: 10 mmJun: 1 mm1Jul: 2 mmAug: 1 mm1Sep: 3 mmOct: 18 mmNov: 25 mmDec: 60 mm

Sunshine

0 h5 h10 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 6.8 hFeb: 7.4 hMar: 8.8 hApr: 10.5 hMay: 11.7 hJun: 12.4 h12.4Jul: 12.3 hAug: 11.9 hSep: 10.6 hOct: 9.0 hNov: 7.7 hDec: 6.5 h6.5

Sunshine hours are estimated from measured solar radiation, not observed directly.

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

Every month at East Beach: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.

Every month at East Beach: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January154147476.810
February154147487.410
March185145068.810
April2061421310.510
May25101410211.79
June3013161012.48
July3317182012.37
August3316181011.97
Septemberwarmest sea3015183110.68
October2511181829.09
November197172537.79
December144156066.510

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Photos

Photos shared by their authors on Wikimedia Commons, with its colours adjusted.

East Beach: Santa Barbara Beach Volleyball
Photo: ChococatR · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
East Beach: Fun in the Sand (3409413122)
Photo: Damian Gadal · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
East Beach: East Beach (3391461890)
Photo: Damian Gadal · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.

About these numbers

Averages are for 1991–2020; the recent years (2020–2025) are what actually happened. Neither is today's weather.

WhatWhere it comes from Nearest measurement
Air, rain and sunshineNASA POWER28 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–20206 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.128 km away
Lifeguards and places to stayOpenStreetMapwithin 1–5 km
Nearest airportOurAirportsstraight-line distance
Image at the topSentinel-2 cloudless (EOX)at this spot

More about this place: Wikipedia See every data source →