Open-Meteo: Free Weather Forecast API for Non-Commercial Use
10 months ago
- #weather-api
- #free-forecast
- #open-source
- Open-Meteo is an open-source weather API offering free access for non-commercial use without requiring an API key.
- Provides hourly weather forecasts for up to 16 days with global and regional weather models.
- Offers high-resolution weather models (11 km global, 1.5 km regional) with hourly updates for Europe and North America.
- Includes an 80-year Historical Weather API and supports marine forecasts, air quality, geocoding, elevation, and flood APIs.
- Utilizes top weather models like NOAA GFS, DWD ICON, MeteoFrance Arome&Arpege, ECMWF IFS, and others.
- Features lightning-fast APIs with response times below 10 ms and servers in Europe and North America for low latency.
- No API key required, supports CORS, no ads, tracking, or cookies, and is free for non-commercial use under CC BY 4.0.
- Source code is available under AGPLv3, allowing users to run their own weather API using Docker or Ubuntu packages.
- Encourages contributions and provides detailed documentation and source code transparency.
- Lists various apps and repositories that utilize Open-Meteo, including weather apps for Android, iOS, and web platforms.
- Provides SDKs for multiple programming languages like Go, Python, Kotlin, .Net, PHP, R, Rust, and Dart.
- Requests fair use and contact for applications exceeding 10,000 requests per day or commercial use.
- Ensures privacy by not collecting or sharing personal data and not integrating third-party analytics or ads.