Sunny Hours / Sunshine by US city / Santa Barbara
Sunshine forecast for Santa Barbara, CA
The best sun in Santa Barbara today is from 8am to 10am, with a peak sun score of 100 out of 100. The sunniest day ahead is Wednesday, with 10 sunny hours.
- Best sun today8am to 10am
- Sunny hours today1
- Sunrise6:20 am
- Sunset5:04 pm
- Daylight10h 44m
- Evening golden hour4:29 pm to 5:14 pm
- High and low73° / 58°
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 | 1 | 8am to 10am | 6:20 am | 5:04 pm | 73° / 58° |
| Tue, Nov 3 | 5 | 10am to 12pm | 6:20 am | 5:03 pm | 76° / 59° |
| Wed, Nov 4 | 10 | 8am to 10am | 6:21 am | 5:02 pm | 69° / 58° |
| Thu, Nov 5 | 7 | 11am to 1pm | 6:22 am | 5:01 pm | 74° / 63° |
| Fri, Nov 6 | 9 | 8am to 10am | 6:23 am | 5:00 pm | 77° / 65° |
| Sat, Nov 7 | 9 | 8am to 10am | 6:24 am | 5:00 pm | 80° / 67° |
| Sun, Nov 8 | 9 | 8am to 10am | 6:25 am | 4:59 pm | 79° / 68° |
| Mon, Nov 9 | 0 | 8am to 10am | 6:26 am | 4:58 pm | 76° / 64° |
| Tue, Nov 10 | 7 | 8am to 10am | 6:27 am | 4:57 pm | 72° / 62° |
| Wed, Nov 11 | 1 | 8am to 10am | 6:28 am | 4:56 pm | 70° / 60° |
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 November 2 at 5:32 AM. Weather data by Open-Meteo.