Santa Cruz weather live forecast

Today's maximum temperature in Santa Cruz is expected to be 17°C. Select a day from the live weather forecast for Santa Cruz, California, USA for more weather parameters.

Tuesday
16th Dec
17

9

6

2
Wednesday
17th Dec
16

10

2

2
Thursday
18th Dec
16

7

7

2
Friday
19th Dec
14

8

2

2
Saturday
20th Dec
15

10

0

0

5-day weather forecast updated at 04:02 on Tuesday 16th December 2025 GMT

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The 5-day weather forecast for California (Santa Cruz) is provided by the Swiss meteorological agency, meteoblue. Find out more about our data sources.

Santa Cruz weather forecast by day

Below are the detailed weather forecasts for Santa Cruz for the next 5 days.

Santa Cruz weather for Tuesday 16th December 2025

Expect fog in low lying areas in Santa Cruz, California with a maximum temperature of 17°C, maximum UV of 2 (Low) and 6 hours of bright sunshine. There are 0 mm of rainfall expected and little or no wind of 6 kph from the north.

17
°C maximum temperature
9
°C minimum temperature
fog in low lying areas
6
hours of sunshine
2
UV index (Low)
0
mm of rainfall expected
17
°C wind chill
6
kph wind from N

Santa Cruz weather for Wednesday 17th December 2025

Expect mostly cloudy with light rain in Santa Cruz, California with a maximum temperature of 16°C, maximum UV of 2 (Low) and 2 hours of bright sunshine. There are 0-2 mm of rainfall expected with 7% chance of some rain and little or no wind of 6 kph from the north-west.

16
°C maximum temperature
10
°C minimum temperature
mostly cloudy with light rain
2
hours of sunshine
2
UV index (Low)
7
% chance of some rain
<2
mm of rainfall expected
0
no heat & humidity
6
kph wind from NW

Santa Cruz weather for Thursday 18th December 2025

Expect fog in low lying areas in Santa Cruz, California with a maximum temperature of 16°C, maximum UV of 2 (Low) and 7 hours of bright sunshine. There are 0 mm of rainfall expected and little or no wind of 5 kph from the north.

16
°C maximum temperature
7
°C minimum temperature
fog in low lying areas
7
hours of sunshine
2
UV index (Low)
0
mm of rainfall expected
0
no heat & humidity
5
kph wind from N

Santa Cruz weather for Friday 19th December 2025

Expect mostly cloudy with light rain in Santa Cruz, California with a maximum temperature of 14°C, maximum UV of 2 (Low) and 2 hours of bright sunshine. There are 0-2 mm of rainfall expected with 24% chance of some rain and a light breeze of 7 kph from the south-west.

14
°C maximum temperature
8
°C minimum temperature
mostly cloudy with light rain
2
hours of sunshine
2
UV index (Low)
24
% chance of some rain
<2
mm of rainfall expected
14
°C wind chill
7
kph wind from SW

Santa Cruz weather for Saturday 20th December 2025

Expect cloudy with some rain in Santa Cruz, California with a maximum temperature of 15°C and no hours of bright sunshine. There are 10-20 mm of rainfall expected with 73% chance of some rain and little or no wind of 6 kph from the south-west.