San Luis Obispo, CA Weather Forecast
San Luis Obispo County, California
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for San Luis Obispo, 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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San Luis Obispo, CA at a glance
San Luis Obispo is home to about 49,244 people in San Luis Obispo County, across 13 square miles. It ranks 180th by population of 450 places in California with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Pismo Beach, 8 miles away.
- County
- San Luis Obispo County
- Population
- 49,244 2023 est.
- Land area
- 13 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 3,656
- Forecast point
- 35.2662°N, 120.6684°W
How well can the network see San Luis Obispo?
The nearest Doppler radar is KVBX (Vandenberg AFB, CA), to the SSE. Its lowest scan passes about 2,100 ft above San Luis Obispo. Close enough to see rotation in the low part of a storm, where tornadoes form. San Luis Obispo is closer to its radar than 66% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KSBP (San Luis Obispo/San Luis Cnty). Close enough that its readings are the conditions in town.
Forecasts near San Luis Obispo
- Pismo Beach, CA8 mi
- Grover Beach, CA10 mi
- Arroyo Grande, CA11 mi
- Morro Bay, CA13 mi
- Atascadero, CA15 mi
- Guadalupe, CA22 mi
- Paso Robles, CA25 mi
- Santa Maria, CA26 mi
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