Sun City, California Weather
Sun City, California — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast, soil and crop conditions for Sun City, Riverside County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Sun City. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Sun City is published on the Perris Valley Airport (KL65) page, 6 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 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: French Valley Airport (KF70) 16 km · Hemet Ryan Airport (KHMT) 16 km · March Air Reserve Base (KRIV) 20 km · Riverside Municipal Airport (KRAL) 35 km · Flabob Airport (KRIR) 37 km
Conditions reported at KL65 describe the airfield itself. Weather 6 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Sun City specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Sun City.
About Sun City, California
Sun City, a place where the Southern California sun casts a warm, embracing glow, unfolds across a landscape of rolling hills and broad, open skies. It lies 3.2 miles west-south-west of Menifee, CA (from Menifee, CA: bearing 246°T), and is situated 5.4 miles south-south-east of Perris. The terrain here, a gentle preamble to the larger mountain ranges that loom in the distance, is characterized by a dry, scrubby vegetation that thrives in the arid climate. Canyons, etched by eons of wind and infrequent rain, break the otherwise smooth contours of the land, their dusty floors often reflecting the pale, chalky hues of the soil. The air itself carries a peculiar stillness, broken only by the distant hum of traffic or the sharp cry of a hawk circling overhead, its shadow a fleeting stain on the sun-baked earth. Historically, the land around Sun City was shaped by agricultural endeavors, with citrus groves and vineyards once flourishing under the relentless sun, their economic legacy now a faint echo in the modern era. The development of Sun City itself marked a significant shift, transforming this agrarian canvas into a planned community designed for retirement and leisure, its economy now largely driven by services and retail catering to its established population. The distinctive character of Sun City lies in this deliberate creation, a community built not on ancient foundations but on the aspiration for a comfortable, sun-drenched existence. While no grand universities or bustling industrial centers define its identity, the quiet rhythm of daily life, the meticulously maintained streets, and the communal spaces foster a unique sense of belonging, a testament to the intentional design that brought this settlement into being.
Live animated radar for Sun City 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, Riverside County, California |
| Coordinates | 33.709188°N, 117.197257°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 92586, 92585 |
| Area Code | 909 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Sun City, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Sun City, 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 Sun City includes coordinates 33.709188°N, 117.197257°W, situated in Riverside County. ZIP code 92586, 92585. Telephone area code: 909. 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.
