Open-Meteo

Quickstart

1. GET https://api.open-meteo.com/v1/forecast with latitude, longitude and the variables you want, e.g. current=temperature_2m.
2. Use the docs page to build the parameter list; it shows the matching URL.
3. For place names, use their geocoding API to find coordinates first.

Example (read-only request)

curl -s "https://api.open-meteo.com/v1/forecast?latitude=52.52&longitude=13.41&current=temperature_2m"

Authentication

None for non-commercial use.

Limits

The free tier has daily and per-minute limits; see the terms on their site.

Known traps

Free use is limited to non-commercial purposes. Variable names are exact; a wrong one returns an error object.

How current is this?

Read example run on 2026-10-16. Documentation read on 2026-10-16. The entry point has not been checked automatically yet.

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