San Juan Bautista, California — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast for San Juan Bautista, San Benito County.
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San Juan Bautista rests in a valley cradled by rolling hills, a landscape softened by the persistent, gentle breath of the nearby Pacific. It lies 7.6 miles west of Hollister, CA (from Hollister, CA: bearing 266°T), and is situated 8.7 miles east-north-east of Prunedale. The earth here, a rich ochre, yields to the sun with a patient, baked resilience, and the air carries the faint, sweet scent of dry grasses and distant eucalyptus. Fields, checkerboarded in muted greens and yellows, stretch toward the horizon, punctuated by groves of olive trees that stand like stoic sentinels. In the late afternoon, the light slants low, bathing the adobe structures and weathered wooden fences in a warm, honeyed glow, lending a timeless quality to the very bones of San Juan Bautista. This place hums with the echoes of its mission past, a history palpable in the sturdy walls of the old San Juan Bautista Mission, a cornerstone of California's early days. The rich agricultural heritage of the surrounding lands, still evident in the bountiful produce found at local markets, forms the backbone of San Juan Bautista’s economy. This is a place where the rhythm of the seasons dictates the pace of life, where the vastness of the sky overhead seems to encourage a slower, more deliberate existence. The distinctive character of San Juan Bautista is also shaped by its proximity to the Santa Cruz Mountains, their hazy blue forms a constant, majestic backdrop to the everyday unfolding of life here.
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| Location | San Juan Bautista, San Benito County, California |
| Coordinates | 36.845511°N, 121.537997°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 95045 |
| Area Code | 408, 669 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for San Juan Bautista, California, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. 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 San Juan Bautista includes coordinates 36.845511°N, 121.537997°W, situated in San Benito County. ZIP code 95045. Telephone area code: 408, 669. Timezone: Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. 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.