Sunny Hours / Sunshine by US city / Santa Barbara
Sunshine forecast for Santa Barbara, CA
The best sun in Santa Barbara today is from 1pm to 3pm, with a peak sun score of 100 out of 100. The sunniest day ahead is Wednesday, with 11 sunny hours.
- Best sun today1pm to 3pm
- Sunny hours today10
- Sunrise6:59 am
- Sunset6:31 pm
- Daylight11h 32m
- Evening golden hour5:56 pm to 6:41 pm
- High and low76° / 60°
Sunny hours in Santa Barbara over the next 10 days
Each square is one daylight hour. Orange means the sun should be out, pale yellow means some sun, and gray means mostly cloud. The numbers across the top are the hour of the day.
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Day by day
| Day | Sunny hours | Best window | Sunrise | Sunset | High / low |
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| Today | 10 | 9am to 11am | 6:59 am | 6:31 pm | 76° / 60° |
| Sat, Oct 10 | 1 | 1pm to 2pm | 7:00 am | 6:30 pm | 73° / 62° |
| Sun, Oct 11 | 6 | 4pm to 6pm | 7:01 am | 6:29 pm | 72° / 61° |
| Mon, Oct 12 | 4 | 5pm to 7pm | 7:02 am | 6:28 pm | 64° / 58° |
| Tue, Oct 13 | 9 | 10am to 12pm | 7:02 am | 6:26 pm | 76° / 57° |
| Wed, Oct 14 | 11 | 9am to 11am | 7:03 am | 6:25 pm | 73° / 61° |
| Thu, Oct 15 | 11 | 9am to 11am | 7:04 am | 6:24 pm | 78° / 63° |
| Fri, Oct 16 | 11 | 9am to 11am | 7:05 am | 6:22 pm | 85° / 71° |
| Sat, Oct 17 | 11 | 9am to 11am | 7:06 am | 6:21 pm | 88° / 73° |
| Sun, Oct 18 | 11 | 10am to 12pm | 7:06 am | 6:20 pm | 87° / 75° |
How to read this forecast
Most forecasts give each hour one symbol. In broken cloud that hides a lot: an hour with twenty minutes of direct sun is still drawn as a cloud. This page uses a sun score from 0 to 100 for every daylight hour instead. It combines how many minutes of direct sunshine the weather model expects in that hour with how much of the sky is covered by cloud. A sunny hour here is one that scores above 66.
The best window is the one or two hours in a row with the most sun, marked down for rain risk and strong wind. Evening golden hour is the stretch around sunset when the light is low and warm, which photographers like.
This page says when the sun will be out, not how strong it is. For that, see the UV index in Santa Barbara.
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Forecast for Santa Barbara, California. Updated October 9 at 1:41 PM. Weather data by Open-Meteo.