Sun City Center, Florida Weather
Sun City Center, Florida — 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 Sun City Center, Hills County.
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About Sun City Center, Florida
Sun City Center unfolds across a landscape of subtle elevation changes, where the Florida sun, especially in the late afternoon, casts long, warm shadows across manicured lawns and orderly streets. It lies 5.0 miles east of Ruskin, FL (from Ruskin, FL: bearing 92°T), and is situated 5.1 miles south-east of Apollo Beach. The air itself carries a certain stillness, broken only by the distant hum of a golf cart or the rustle of palm fronds, a quiet testament to the deliberate design of this place. The terrain, largely flat with gentle rises, dictates a sense of open space, punctuated by the bright, cheerful hues of bougainvillea and hibiscus that spill over low walls. Water, though not a dominant feature, is present in the form of meticulously maintained canals and community ponds, reflecting the cloud-streaked, expansive sky in their placid surfaces. The character of Sun City Center is one of planned tranquility, a deliberate cultivation of ease. The genesis of Sun City Center is rooted in a vision of retirement living, a concept that took hold and blossomed in this particular stretch of Florida. Its economy, while not defined by heavy industry, thrives on the services and amenities catering to its established population, a quiet engine of commerce that keeps the shops and community centers humming. This focus on active adult living has fostered a unique cultural rhythm, one where leisure and social engagement are paramount, evident in the abundance of clubs, activities, and gathering spaces. The history of Sun City Center is one of deliberate creation, a community built with a specific purpose, and that purpose still shapes the daily life and distinctive feel of this Hillsborough County locale.
Live animated radar for Sun City Center and surroundings — RainViewer.
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| Location | Sun City Center, Hills County, Florida |
| Coordinates | 27.718086°N, 82.351759°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 33573, 33571, 33598 |
| Area Code | 407, 321 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Sun City Center, Florida Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Sun City Center, Florida, 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 Sun City Center includes coordinates 27.718086°N, 82.351759°W, situated in Hills County. ZIP code 33573, 33571, 33598. Telephone area code: 407, 321. Timezone: Eastern Time (America/New_York).
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.
