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UV index in San Antonio, TX today

Today's peak UV index in San Antonio is 7 (high), around 2pm. It is 3 or above from 11am to 6pm, which is when the EPA recommends protecting your skin. Tomorrow's peak is 7 (high).

  • UV now6 (high)
  • Peak today7 (high)
  • Time of peakAround 2pm
  • Hours at 3 or above7
  • Sunrise7:31 am
  • Sunset7:10 pm

UV index in San Antonio by hour, next 7 days

Each square is one daylight hour and the number in it is the UV index for that hour. The numbers across the top are the hour of the day.

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Today0012456765421
Sat, Oct 100012467765420
Sun, Oct 110012466665420
Mon, Oct 120012467765320
Tue, Oct 130012456764320
Wed, Oct 140012344433210
Thu, Oct 150012444332110
  • Low (1 to 2)
  • Moderate (3 to 5)
  • High (6 to 7)
  • Very high (8 to 10)

Day by day

DayPeak UVLevelAt 3 or aboveSunriseSunset
Today7high11am to 6pm7:31 am7:10 pm
Sat, Oct 107high11am to 6pm7:32 am7:08 pm
Sun, Oct 116high11am to 6pm7:33 am7:07 pm
Mon, Oct 127high11am to 6pm7:33 am7:06 pm
Tue, Oct 137high11am to 6pm7:34 am7:05 pm
Wed, Oct 144moderate11am to 5pm7:34 am7:04 pm
Thu, Oct 154moderate11am to 4pm7:35 am7:03 pm

What today's level means

Today's peak of 7 is in the high band. The guidance for that band is: seek shade around midday, cover up and wear sunscreen. The EPA recommends protecting your skin whenever the index is 3 or higher, and you can burn even when it is cloudy.

The UV index depends mostly on how high the sun is in the sky, so it peaks around the middle of the day and is far higher in summer than in winter. It is not the same as temperature. For the full scale and what it means for tanning and burning, see what the UV index numbers mean.

UV tells you how strong the sun is, not whether it will be out. For that, see the sunshine forecast for San Antonio.

UV index in other cities

UV forecast for San Antonio, Texas. Updated October 9 at 3:42 PM. This is a forecast, not a measurement. Weather data by Open-Meteo.