Buellton, California Weather
Buellton, California — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast for Buellton, Santa Barbara County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Buellton. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Buellton is published on the Santa Ynez Airport (KIZA) page, 11 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 Buellton 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 Buellton: Lompoc Airport (KLPC) 26 km · Vandenberg Space Force Base (KVBG) 38 km · Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (KSBA) 38 km · Santa Maria Public Airport Captain G Allan Hancock Field (KSMX) 40 km · New Cuyama Airport (KL88) 58 km
Conditions reported at KIZA describe the airfield itself. Weather 11 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Buellton specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Buellton, California
Buellton lies in a sun-drenched valley, a place where the Santa Ynez River, though often a whisper, has nonetheless shaped the very character of the land. It lies 15.2 miles east of Lompoc, CA (from Lompoc, CA: bearing 97°T), and is situated 3.4 miles west-north-west of Solvang. Rolling hills, cloaked in the muted greens of chaparral and the richer hues of vineyards, embrace the town, their slopes catching the sun's slanting rays in a way that can make even the most mundane afternoon feel like a carefully composed painting. The air itself carries a dry, almost sweet scent, a blend of sun-baked earth and the faint, yeasty promise of fermentation from the surrounding wineries. Even the wind, when it stirs, seems to carry a memory of the sea, a distant, salty exhalation that tempers the inland warmth. This locale, once a vital stop along the El Camino Real, now thrives on the bounty of its fertile soil and the allure of its viticultural fame. For generations, the economy of Buellton has been intrinsically linked to the agriculture that blankets its environs, particularly the burgeoning wine industry that has transformed the landscape into a mosaic of meticulously tended vines. It is a place where the past, with its dusty inns and the echoes of weary travelers, mingles with the present, a vibrant testament to the enduring spirit of innovation and the deep-rooted connection to the earth, all observed by the watchful, amber light that bathes Buellton each evening.
Live animated radar for Buellton 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 | Buellton, Santa Barbara County, California |
| Coordinates | 34.613597°N, 120.19265°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 93427 |
| Area Code | 805 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Buellton, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Buellton, California, 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 Buellton includes coordinates 34.613597°N, 120.192650°W, situated in Santa Barbara County. ZIP code 93427. Telephone area code: 805. Timezone: Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles).
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.
