San Francisco International Airport (KSFO) weather — METAR & TAF

Live, decoded aviation weather for San Francisco International Airport, San Francisco, United States. The current METAR and TAF forecast below are translated into plain English — wind, visibility, clouds, QNH, temperature and hazards — and refreshed automatically.

ICAO: KSFO
Location: San Francisco, United States
Elevation: 13 ft (4 m)
Coordinates: 37.6198° N, 122.3748° W
Time zone: America/Los_Angeles

KSFO

Issued: Aug 27 / 17:56ZMETAR stale

VFR

Visibility 10 SM | ceiling 20000 ft | no significant weather.

Source: AviationWeather.gov (cached) - Fetched 28/08/2026, 16:44:07 Z

NESW361215212430331028

Wind310° / 11 kt

Crosswind2 kt·Headwind11 kt

Visibility10 SM

CloudsFew 600 ft Broken 20000 ft

QNH29.98 inHg1015 hPa

Temp/Dew21 / 14 CSpread 7 C

Pay attention to

No major issues: No major issues detected in current METAR.

Raw METAROriginal report from provider

METAR KSFO 271756Z 31011KT 10SM FEW006 BKN200 21/14 A2998 RMK AO2 SLP153 T02060139 10206 20144 53008

TAF timeline

Issued Aug 27 / 17:40Z

Aug 27Aug 28Aug 29

Cloud layersVFR cloudsShowersVFR clouds

18Z06Z12Z18Z00Z

Forecast periods

VFR cloudsBase forecast - Aug 27 / 18Z - Aug 29 / 00Z

Base forecastVFR

Wind 310/ 12 kt - Visibility P6SM - Broken 20000 ft

Cloud layersFrom - Aug 27 / 20Z

FromVFR

Wind 300/ 17 kt - Visibility P6SM - Broken 20000 ft

VFR cloudsFrom - Aug 28 / 04Z

FromVFR

Wind 290/ 13 kt - Visibility P6SM - Broken 20000 ft

VFR cloudsFrom - Aug 28 / 07Z

FromVFR

Wind 290/ 10 kt - Visibility P6SM - Broken 20000 ft

ShowersFrom - Aug 28 / 12Z

FromVFRNearby

Wind 300/ 8 kt - Visibility P6SM - Nearby Showers - Broken 6000 ft

VFR cloudsFrom - Aug 28 / 18Z

FromVFR

Wind 300/ 14 kt - Visibility P6SM - Scattered 10000 ft

Raw TAF

TAF KSFO 271740Z 2718/2824 31012KT P6SM BKN200 
  FM272000 30017KT P6SM BKN200 
  FM280400 29013KT P6SM BKN200 
  FM280700 29010KT P6SM BKN200 
  FM281200 30008KT P6SM VCSH BKN060 
  FM281800 30014KT P6SM SCT100

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