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Santa Barbara County is famed for its picturesque coastline, pastoral wine county, world-class amenities and magnificent Mediterranean climate. The city of Santa Barbara offers a variety of metropolitan pursuits ö including art, theater, symphony, and fine diningöwithout the hassles of a big city. Santa Barbara County is, indeed, a place where you can have it all.

Here, the surrounding coastline runs West to East, a rare geographic orientation that moderates incoming ocean currents, meanwhile, vast coastal mountains shelter the region from inland heat. The result is a magically temperate year-round climate, and one of only a handful of Mediterranean climates in the world.

Imagine a place with a year-round average temperature of 64 degrees, an average high of 74 degrees, and an annual average of just 15 inches of rainfall. Paradise found? Welcome to Santa Barbara.