Santa Monica, CA Weather Forecast
Los Angeles County, California
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Santa Monica, 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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Santa Monica, CA at a glance
Santa Monica is home to about 89,922 people in Los Angeles County, across 8.4 square miles. It ranks 90th by population of 450 places in California with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Los Angeles, 5 miles away.
- County
- Los Angeles County
- Population
- 89,922 2023 est.
- Land area
- 8.4 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 10,694
- Forecast point
- 34.0109°N, 118.4982°W
How well can the network see Santa Monica?
The nearest Doppler radar is KVTX (Los Angeles, CA), to the NW. Its lowest scan passes about 3,300 ft above Santa Monica. Close enough to see rotation in the low part of a storm, where tornadoes form.
The closest weather station is KSMO (Santa Monica Muni). Close enough that its readings are the conditions in town.
Forecasts near Santa Monica
- Los Angeles, CA5 mi
- Culver City, CA6 mi
- Beverly Hills, CA7 mi
- El Segundo, CA8 mi
- Manhattan Beach, CA9 mi
- West Hollywood, CA9 mi
- Inglewood, CA10 mi
- Hawthorne, CA11 mi
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