Buena Vista, Puerto Rico Weather
Buena Vista, Puerto Rico — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Buena Vista, Ponce County.
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About Buena Vista, Puerto Rico
Buena Vista rises from the coastal plain, a tapestry of verdant hills that slope gently towards the shimmering Caribbean Sea. It lies 1.1 miles east-south-east of Ponce, PR (from Ponce, PR: bearing 108°T), and is situated 4.3 miles west-south-west of Aguilita. The air here carries the persistent hum of cicadas, a constant, almost liquid sound that underpins the everyday life of this southern Puerto Rican locality. Mango trees, heavy with fruit in season, punctuate the landscape, their broad leaves catching the intense sunlight, casting dappled shadows on the ochre earth. The terrain, a series of rolling elevations, offers expansive views, the distant mountains of the Cordillera Central a hazy blue backdrop against the impossibly bright sky. The history of Buena Vista is intrinsically linked to the agricultural legacy of the region, its fertile lands once yielding sugar cane that fueled a burgeoning economy. While the large plantations have largely receded, the spirit of cultivation persists, with smaller farms and homesteads dotting the hillsides, producing plantains, yams, and other tropical staples. The proximity to the larger city of Ponce means that Buena Vista benefits from its robust infrastructure and cultural offerings, yet retains a distinct identity, a quieter rhythm that allows the warmth of the sun and the scent of flowering hibiscus to truly register. The legacy of its past is not a monument, but a subtle undercurrent, felt in the weathered hands of those who still work the land and the easy smiles exchanged on the street.
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| Location | Buena Vista, Ponce County, Puerto Rico |
| Coordinates | 18.006077°N, 66.597673°W |
| Timezone | Atlantic Standard Time — no DST (America/Puerto_Rico) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 00616 |
| Area Code | 787, 939 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Buena Vista, Puerto Rico Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Buena Vista, Puerto Rico, 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 Buena Vista includes coordinates 18.006077°N, 66.597673°W, situated in Ponce County. ZIP code 00616. Telephone area code: 787, 939. Timezone: Atlantic Standard Time — no DST (America/Puerto_Rico).
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.
