Pacifica, CA Weather Forecast
San Mateo County, California
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Pacifica, 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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Pacifica, CA at a glance
Pacifica is home to about 36,426 people in San Mateo County, across 13 square miles. It ranks 216th by population of 450 places in California with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is San Bruno, 3 miles away.
- County
- San Mateo County
- Population
- 36,426 2023 est.
- Land area
- 13 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 2,895
- Forecast point
- 37.6066°N, 122.4772°W
How well can the network see Pacifica?
The nearest Doppler radar is KMUX (San Francisco, CA), to the SE. Its lowest scan passes about 3,000 ft above Pacifica. Close enough to see rotation in the low part of a storm, where tornadoes form. Pacifica is closer to its radar than 50% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KSFO (San Francisco Intl). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Pacifica
- San Bruno, CA3 mi
- Millbrae, CA4 mi
- Daly City, CA6 mi
- Burlingame, CA6 mi
- South San Francisco, CA6 mi
- Brisbane, CA7 mi
- Hillsborough, CA7 mi
- San Mateo, CA10 mi
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