![]() Santa Maria has public transportation, SMAT, with more coverage during the day, and service ending at 10:15 pm. North will also take you to the 101 near the northern city limits. Highway 135 south takes you to Vandenberg Air Force Base and eventually connect with 101 at Los Alamos. Highway 166 west takes you to Guadalupe, and east takes you to the great central valley of California. Taken south it leads to Lompoc and Vandenberg Air Force Base. ![]() Highway 1 is a scenic drive, taken northward it leads you through several small towns eventually connecting with 101 just past Pismo Beach. South takes you to Solvang, Santa Barbara, and Los Angeles. North on 101 takes you through Pismo Beach, San Luis Obispo, and on to San Francisco. Highway 101 runs through Santa Maria, as well as California highways 1, 135 and 166. Santa Maria is home to one of the first and one of the few still-operating drive-in movie theaters, it is definitely a car town. From Guadalupe, take the Guadalupe Flyer bus to downtown Santa Maria. There is a train station in the near-by town of Guadalupe served by the Pacific Surfliner Amtrak train (one southbound train from San Luis Obispo stops there in the morning, northbound train from San Diego stops there at night). The bus connects with the Pacific Surfliner train in Santa Barbara. There is a Greyhound station at 755 W Cypress Street, and the Greyhound bus also stops at the same IHOP as the Amtrak bus.Īlso, there are regional buses to San Luis Obispo, Lompoc, Solvang and a rush hour van to/from Santa Barbara.Īmtrak provides connecting bus service through Santa Maria (bus stop is located at the IHOP near 101/Main St). On-demand flights, and seats on flights already chartered to/from Santa Maria are offered by Great Circle Aviation and other charter airlines. ![]() Prices start around $150 for a seat on flights that might already be going to your destination, or go from $1,000 to $10,000 or more for a custom-chartered flight where you hire the aircraft to fly you directly to your destination, any time you want to go. Air charters fly point-to-point, at the departure time, departure airport, and arrival airport of the passengers' choosing. Some direct weekday flights from Santa Maria to Las Vegas via Allegiant Air can be as inexpensive as $39 plus fees each way.Īir Charter or air taxi is another alternative, where you can catch flights to San Diego for the weekend, or to any large or small airport. Prices start around $200 for a ticket purchased separately, but are much less expensive when combined with flights. Scheduled flights are available to and from San Francisco ( on United Airlines ) and Las Vegas (Sunday, Wednesday and Friday service only on Allegiant Air. Rainfall averages 14 inches (360 mm) annually.Ĭheck Santa Maria's 7 day forecast at NOAA The only recorded earlier snowfall was in January 1882. Snow in the mountains is seen during the winter however, in the lowest parts of the city it is virtually unknown with the last brief flurry recorded in January 1949. The climate is mostly sunny, refreshed by the ocean breeze. ![]() Santa Maria experiences a cool Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csb) typical of coastal areas of California north of Point Conception. Santa Maria is a coastal city in Santa Barbara County in California. ![]()
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