Santa Barbara

Population 88,665 (Wikidata)

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Before you go

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Daylight 9 h 52 in Dec, dark by 15:50 · 14 h 27 in Jun
  1. January: 10 h 06 of daylight
  2. February: 10 h 58 of daylight
  3. March: 11 h 57 of daylight
  4. April: 13 h 03 of daylight
  5. May: 13 h 57 of daylight
  6. June: 14 h 27 of daylight
  7. July: 14 h 14 of daylight
  8. August: 13 h 27 of daylight
  9. September: 12 h 24 of daylight
  10. October: 11 h 21 of daylight
  11. November: 10 h 23 of daylight
  12. December: 9 h 52 of daylight
Tourist office · 1.9 km Santa Barbara Visitor Center

Getting there

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Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Through the year

  1. Santa Barbara International Film Festival

    Santa Barbara International Film Festival

    January – February

    The Santa Barbara International Film Festival (SBIFF) is an eleven-day film festival held every February in Santa Barbara, California, since 1986. The festival annually screens over two hundreds feature films and shorts from different countries.

    Official site Wikipedia

  2. Old Spanish Days

    Old Spanish Days

    August

    Santa Barbara (Spanish: Santa Bárbara, meaning 'Saint Barbara') is a coastal city in Santa Barbara County, California, of which it is also the county seat.

    Official site Wikipedia

2 events here have no dates for this year yet. We can look them up on each event's own site.

Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage; descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.

Markets

  • State Street Trading Post

    1. Monday: 11:00–18:00
    2. Tuesday: 11:00–18:00
    3. Wednesday: 11:00–18:00
    4. Thursday: 11:00–18:00
    5. Friday: 11:00–18:00
    6. Saturday: 11:00–18:00
    7. Sunday: 11:00–18:00

    11:00–18:00

    650 m from the centre

Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.

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Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 17 October 2026. Description from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.