Sarasota
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About
Sarasota is a city in and the county seat of Sarasota County, Florida, United States. It is located in Southwest Florida on Sarasota Bay, a lagoon on the Gulf Coast. The population was 54,842 at the 2020 census. The two-county Sarasota metropolitan area has an estimated 935,000 residents, making it the fifth-largest metropolitan area in Florida and 61st-largest in the United States.
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The next week in Sarasota
7-day forecast from Open-Meteo. UV badges flag days when sun protection matters (3 and above is moderate; 8 and above is risk territory for unprotected fair skin within 30 minutes).
Today
Overcast
32° / 19°
UV Very high
Sat
Overcast
31° / 20°
UV Very high
Sun
Showers
34° / 22°
8.6 mm
UV Very high
Mon
Showers
34° / 23°
12.1 mm
UV Very high
Tue
Drizzle
35° / 23°
3.1 mm
UV Very high
Wed
Drizzle
33° / 23°
0.9 mm
In May 16
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Air quality
No monitoring station within 25 km.
Weather
35° / 15°
Typical high / low
3 mm rainfall this month
Daylight
13.5h
06:41 – 20:10local
Year-round climate
Monthly highs, lows, and rainfall (long-term averages, NASA POWER).
Airports near Sarasota
5 commercial airports within 100 km. Closest is Sarasota Bradenton International Airport (SRQ) at 7 km.
Getting around Sarasota
Public-transit operators within 8 km of the city center. Click through to each operator’s site for routes, fares, and tickets.
Local transit operators
AmtrakManatee County Area TransitGreyhoundAmtrak Chartered VehicleB MetroFlixbusTornado BusRedCoachOmnibus ExpressBreeze Transit
Operators and modes aggregated by TransitLand from individual transit-agency GTFS feeds. Route classifications (subway / tram / rail / bus / etc) come from each feed’s GTFS route_type codes.
Sister cities
Sources
This page blends public reference data, climate/elevation services, and personal notes. Travel requirements can change, so visa and entry details should be checked again before booking.
- Wikipedia →
Summary, canonical article, and some image fallbacks.
- Wikidata →
Population, area, image, coordinates, and linked identifiers where available.
- NASA POWER →
Monthly temperature and rainfall climatology.
- Open-Meteo historical weather →
1991-2020 temperature and precipitation cross-check for compact climate fields.
- Open-Elevation →
Coordinate-based elevation backfill.
- tz database →
Coordinate-based IANA timezone lookup.
- City flag source →
Public domain, City of Sarasota.
- Site credits →
Global source notes, map tiles, flags, licenses, and attribution policy.