Encinitas, CA Weather Forecast
San Diego County, California
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Encinitas, with free alerts the moment it counts.
The next few hours
Taller, warmer bars mean heavier rain. Dotted means no reading for that hour.
Hour by hour
Sunrise and sunset
Next five days, scored 0 to 100The first day or two use the HRRR and NBM cloud layers. Later days only have total cloud, so treat them as a rough guide.
Know when sunset at this place will be worth a photo
We score every sunrise and sunset here from the cloud, haze and smoke forecast, and let you know when one is likely to light up. Sunrise the evening before, sunset a few hours ahead.
Seven-day outlook
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Encinitas, CA at a glance
Encinitas is home to about 60,841 people in San Diego County, across 19 square miles. It ranks 146th by population of 450 places in California with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Solana Beach, 4 miles away.
- County
- San Diego County
- Population
- 60,841 2023 est.
- Land area
- 19 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 3,193
- Forecast point
- 33.0506°N, 117.2636°W
How well can the network see Encinitas?
The nearest Doppler radar is KNKX (San Diego, CA), to the SE. Its lowest scan passes about 850 ft above Encinitas. That is about as close as US radar coverage gets: low-level rotation and gust fronts over Encinitas show up clearly. Encinitas is closer to its radar than 90% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KCRQ (Carlsbad/Palomar Arpt). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Encinitas
- Solana Beach, CA4 mi
- Carlsbad, CA6 mi
- Del Mar, CA6 mi
- San Marcos, CA8 mi
- Vista, CA10 mi
- Oceanside, CA12 mi
- Escondido, CA12 mi
- Poway, CA15 mi
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