Santa Bárbara Weather in December
Average highs run from 26°C on December 1 to 26°C on December 31, and lows from 17°C to 18°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 279 mm over about 25 wet days.
December day by day
The normal high and low for each date, in °C.
- Normal low
- Normal high
- Reanalysis extreme high
- Reanalysis extreme low
December at a glance
- Average high
- 26°C
- Average low
- 17°C
- Precipitation
- 279 mm
- Reanalysis high
- 33°CDec 3, 2007
- Reanalysis low
- 11°CDec 14, 1992
- Daylight
- 13 h 15 min to 13 h 19 min
- Cloud cover
- 78%
- Humidity
- 84%
- Dew point
- 18°C
- Wind
- 12.2 km/h
Every day of the month
A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.
| Date | Normal high | Normal low | Reanalysis high | Reanalysis low | Chance wet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 1 | 26°C | 17°C | 30°C 2007 | 14°C 2014 | 79% |
| Dec 2 | 26°C | 17°C | 32°C 2007 | 13°C 2014 | 79% |
| Dec 3 | 26°C | 17°C | 33°C 2007 | 13°C 1991 | 80% |
| Dec 4 | 26°C | 17°C | 32°C 2020 | 12°C 2005 | 80% |
| Dec 5 | 26°C | 17°C | 30°C 2004 | 14°C 2005 | 81% |
| Dec 6 | 26°C | 17°C | 32°C 2007 | 15°C 2008 | 82% |
| Dec 7 | 26°C | 17°C | 30°C 2012 | 14°C 2003 | 81% |
| Dec 8 | 26°C | 17°C | 30°C 1993 | 13°C 2005 | 81% |
| Dec 9 | 26°C | 17°C | 31°C 2008 | 12°C 2018 | 79% |
| Dec 10 | 26°C | 17°C | 31°C 2008 | 14°C 2018 | 78% |
| Dec 11 | 26°C | 17°C | 30°C 2007 | 15°C 1995 | 79% |
| Dec 12 | 26°C | 17°C | 30°C 2007 | 15°C 2009 | 80% |
| Dec 13 | 26°C | 17°C | 29°C 2007 | 13°C 1992 | 79% |
| Dec 14 | 26°C | 17°C | 30°C 2020 | 11°C 1992 | 79% |
| Dec 15 | 26°C | 17°C | 32°C 2020 | 13°C 1992 | 79% |
| Dec 16 | 26°C | 17°C | 32°C 2020 | 13°C 2016 | 78% |
| Dec 17 | 26°C | 17°C | 30°C 2018 | 15°C 2016 | 78% |
| Dec 18 | 26°C | 17°C | 31°C 2018 | 15°C 2013 | 79% |
| Dec 19 | 26°C | 17°C | 32°C 2018 | 15°C 2013 | 80% |
| Dec 20 | 26°C | 17°C | 32°C 2018 | 15°C 2010 | 79% |
| Dec 21 | 26°C | 17°C | 31°C 2018 | 15°C 2010 | 79% |
| Dec 22 | 26°C | 17°C | 31°C 2018 | 14°C 1993 | 80% |
| Dec 23 | 26°C | 18°C | 32°C 2018 | 14°C 1993 | 80% |
| Dec 24 | 26°C | 18°C | 30°C 2015 | 14°C 2005 | 80% |
| Dec 25 | 26°C | 18°C | 32°C 2012 | 15°C 1992 | 81% |
| Dec 26 | 26°C | 18°C | 32°C 2012 | 15°C 2002 | 81% |
| Dec 27 | 26°C | 18°C | 30°C 2014 | 14°C 2002 | 81% |
| Dec 28 | 26°C | 18°C | 32°C 2014 | 14°C 1992 | 82% |
| Dec 29 | 26°C | 18°C | 33°C 2014 | 16°C 2005 | 82% |
| Dec 30 | 26°C | 18°C | 30°C 2014 | 16°C 1992 | 81% |
| Dec 31 | 26°C | 18°C | 31°C 2007 | 15°C 2016 | 80% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (GMT-3).
- December 1
- sunrise 5:05 AM, sunset 6:20 PM
- December 31
- sunrise 5:17 AM, sunset 6:36 PM
Other months
Sources
Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.