What's the Weather Like?
High: 75.8
Low: 55.4
Precip: 0
Visibility: 9.8 miles
Sunrise: 6:57 AM
Sunset: 6:36 PM
**Based on 10-year averages for October 6th, from 2013 to 2022
El Pueblo Viejo District (Downtown Santa Barbara)
Sister Cities
The Friendship Fountains of sister cities Santa Barbara and Puerto Vallarta.
Travel Advice
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Los Angeles
22 minutes in the air from LAX to SBA
109 miles, ~2-2.5 hours by car
2.5 hours by train from LA Union Station to SB Station
San Francisco
47 minutes in the air from SFO to SBA
325 miles, ~5-6 hours by car
9 hours by train from Oakland / Jack London to SB Station
Our Airport is Cute
Direct flights to SBA (by airline and home city):
Alaska: Seattle, Portland
American: Dallas, Phoenix
Southwest: Denver, Oakland, Las Vegas
United: Denver, Los Angeles, San Francisco
Visit the Santa Barbara Airport
home page for more.
**Airbus shuttles to-and-from LAX available for booking by
Santa Barbara Airbus.
***Santa Barbara Airport (SBA) is roughly 10-15 minutes from the downtown El Pueblo Viejo District
By Train (No we mean an actual train 🚂)
Pacific Surfliner (serving San Luis Obispo to Santa Barbara to Los Angeles to San Diego)
Coast Starlight (serving Seattle to Portland to San Francisco to Santa Barbara to Los Angeles)
Visit the Amtrak
home page for more.
**Santa Barbara station (SBA) is located in the downtown El Pueblo Viejo District
By Car (Take a roadtrip!)
Take Highway 101 North from Los Angeles, and 101 South from the Bay Area.
Parking is available at most hotels. Public parking is available throughout the downtown El Pueblo Viejo District. The first 75 minutes are free, and $2.50 for each hour or partial hour after the initial 75 minutes.
Getting Around
Walking
Measuring just over 1 mile from the Pacific Ocean to the historic Arlington Theater, this part of the El Pueblo Viejo District is walkable, and can be covered in roughly 25 minutes from end to end.
Rideshare
Uber and Lyft estimated $9-12 (before tip) to cover the same distance, end to end.
Exploring Santa Barbara
Find out more about
Downtown Santa Barbara. Follow the nearby Funk Zone neighborhood on Instagram:
@thefunkzone. Explore
Santa Barbara and all it has to offer.