Sun City West, Arizona Weather
Sun City West, Arizona — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for Sun City West, Maricopa County.
Full aviation weather for Sun City West is published on the Luke Air Force Base (KLUF) page, 15 km away. It carries the current METAR decoded into plain language — surface wind, visibility, cloud layers and ceiling, temperature and dewpoint, and altimeter setting — alongside the raw observation as transmitted. 6 airfields within reach of Sun City West have their own pages, listed below.
The Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) is shown across its full validity period, with each change group broken out so you can see when conditions are expected to shift. Flight category is derived automatically — VFR, MVFR, IFR or LIFR — from reported ceiling and visibility, with runway details and field elevation alongside. Observations update roughly hourly and forecasts several times a day.
Other airports near Sun City West: Glendale Municipal Airport (KGEU) 16 km · Phoenix Deer Valley Airport (KDVT) 24 km · Phoenix Goodyear Airport (KGYR) 27 km · Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (KPHX) 40 km · Buckeye Municipal Airport (KBXK) 42 km
Conditions reported at KLUF describe the airfield itself. Weather 15 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Sun City West specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Sun City West, Arizona
Sun City West unfolds across the broad, sun-baked canvas of the Sonoran Desert, a meticulously planned expanse where low-slung buildings and manicured greens interrupt the ochre and sagebrush. It lies 2.2 miles north-north-west of Surprise, AZ (from Surprise, AZ: bearing 348°T), and is situated 8.2 miles north-west of Peoria. The air here carries a dry, clean scent, tinged with the faint perfume of creosote after a rare rain, and the light, particularly in the late afternoon, bleeds into the sky with an almost palpable intensity, painting the distant Estrella Mountains in shades of bruised plum and molten gold. Streets, wide and ordered, crisscross a landscape that was once solely the domain of saguaros and hardy desert flora, now softened by the deliberate geometry of cul-de-sacs and the vibrant, improbable green of golf courses that shimmer like mirages under the relentless Arizona sun. This is a place born of a specific vision, a testament to the post-war American dream of retirement in a sun-drenched, amenity-rich environment. The founding of Sun City West in the late 1970s marked a significant expansion of the planned retirement community concept, transforming arid acreage into a thriving hub for active seniors. Its economy, while not driven by heavy industry, is sustained by a robust service sector catering to its residents, from healthcare and recreation to retail and hospitality, creating a unique local ecosystem. Distinctive features include its numerous recreational facilities – golf courses, swimming pools, and community centers – that form the very pulse of daily life, a quiet, purposeful rhythm set against the ancient backdrop of the desert, a place where the echoes of its pioneering spirit are found not in grand monuments, but in the contented hum of its streets and the steadfast, enduring warmth of its climate.
Live animated radar for Sun City West and surroundings — RainViewer.
NOAA GOES-16 GEOCOLOR — live animated loop updated every 10 minutes. Shows cloud cover, storm systems and weather patterns across the continental US.
Source: NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East · Public domain · Auto-updates on page reload
| Location | Sun City West, Maricopa County, Arizona |
| Coordinates | 33.661982°N, 112.341273°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Standard Time — no DST (America/Phoenix) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 85375, 85376 |
| Area Code | 480 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Sun City West, Arizona Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Sun City West, Arizona, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. Aviation weather — live METAR observations and TAF forecasts — is published separately on the pages for the nearest reporting airports, linked from the aviation section above. Additional sections may include tide predictions, wave height, wave direction and sea-surface temperature, a barometric pressure trend, and a solunar-based fishing forecast with a fishing-conditions rating for coastal localities, and soil temperature, crop weather and live USGS river gauge data for agricultural areas near a monitored waterway. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Sun City West includes coordinates 33.661982°N, 112.341273°W, situated in Maricopa County. ZIP code 85375, 85376. Telephone area code: 480. Timezone: Mountain Standard Time — no DST (America/Phoenix).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. River and stream data is sourced from the USGS National Water Information System. Tide predictions are sourced from NOAA CO-OPS; marine and solunar data are modeled from Open-Meteo and public sunrise/moon calculations and should be treated as a general guide alongside on-the-water conditions. Radar is provided by RainViewer. Satellite imagery is sourced from NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East and is public domain.
