National City, CA Weather Forecast
San Diego County, California
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for National City, 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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National City, CA at a glance
National City is home to about 55,236 people in San Diego County, across 7.3 square miles. It ranks 163rd by population of 450 places in California with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Coronado, 3 miles away.
- County
- San Diego County
- Population
- 55,236 2023 est.
- Land area
- 7.3 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 7,517
- Forecast point
- 32.6659°N, 117.0974°W
How well can the network see National City?
The nearest Doppler radar is KNKX (San Diego, CA), to the N. Its lowest scan passes about 980 ft above National City. That is about as close as US radar coverage gets: low-level rotation and gust fronts over National City show up clearly. National City is closer to its radar than 88% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KNZY (San Diego/North Island NAS). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near National City
- Coronado, CA3 mi
- Chula Vista, CA5 mi
- Lemon Grove, CA6 mi
- Imperial Beach, CA7 mi
- La Mesa, CA8 mi
- San Diego, CA11 mi
- El Cajon, CA12 mi
- Santee, CA15 mi
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