# Meteosource, $29 monthly: Air quality API

> Air quality API provides current and forecast air pollution data and air quality index for any location in the world.

Meteosource's air quality API on its Standard plan. It costs $0.048 per 1,000 places. It returns 2 of the 6 key fields we check: Particles, Gases.
Half of the 94 plans we rank by price cost $0.051 per 1,000 places or less. This plan is cheaper than 50% of the 94 plans.
[OpenWeather's £370 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/air-quality-apis/openweather/370-monthly-professional-get-data-2-5-air-pollution/llms.txt) is the cheapest paid plan per 1,000 places: $0.00049.
[WeatherAPI.com](https://datacircle.dev/air-quality-apis/weatherapi-com/7-monthly/llms.txt), [Open-Meteo](https://datacircle.dev/air-quality-apis/open-meteo/99-monthly-api-professional-get-v1-air-quality-air-quality/llms.txt) and [Weatherbit](https://datacircle.dev/air-quality-apis/weatherbit/495-monthly-business-get-v2-0-forecast-airquality/llms.txt) are the best air quality API providers in our benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/air-quality-apis/meteosource/29-monthly
- [Best air quality API in 2026: pricing compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-air-quality-api.txt)
- Get it: https://www.meteosource.com/pricing
- Request: `GET https://www.meteosource.com/api/v1/standard/air_quality`
- API key: with the plan, on https://www.meteosource.com/pricing
- Its API docs: https://www.meteosource.com/documentation
- Sold by: Meteosource (https://www.meteosource.com)
- Checked: 2026-10-30

## In the answer

- Completeness: 33%
- Particles: ✓
- Gases: ✓

## Price

- $ per 1,000 places: $0.048
- Per: call
- Billing: monthly
- $ a month: $29

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: Get weather data

## Overage

- $ per 1,000 places: $1.00
- Units cap: soft

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Air quality API provides current and forecast air pollution data and air quality index for any location in the world.

## Data

- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: Customer terms: "The Customer is permitted solely to use Meteosource API for reference by Your end users. Except as expressly provided herein, under no circumstances whatsoever may You transfer or permit the transfer of Meteosource API outside of your application(s)." "You shall not make access to the Meteosource API available to unauthorized parties." FAQ: "you can use our products and data for non-commercial or commercial purposes as long as visible credit is given to Meteosource as a weather data provider in a prominent part of your application. The Free/Trial subscriptions are only available for non-commercial use." Free plan: "Mention & backlink".

## Plan

- Pay: $29
- You get: 20,000 requests a day
- Enough for: 20,000 calls a day
- Expires: 1 day

## Rate limit

- Per day: 20,000
- Per second: 11.67
- Batch: 1

## The call

- You send: lat, lon. Optional: timezone
- Method: GET
- Path: /air_quality

## About the plan

- Plan: Standard
- Who can get it: anyone

## The 18 fields the plan's answer can hold

latitude, longitude, elevation, time zone, units, forecast time, air quality index, aerosol 550, carbon monoxide, dust 550nm, dust mixing ratio, nitrogen dioxide, nitric oxide, surface ozone, total ozone, PM10, PM2.5, sulfur dioxide

## Meteosource's plans (5)

- [Meteosource, $29 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/air-quality-apis/meteosource/29-monthly/llms.txt): $0.048 per 1,000, 33% complete
- [Meteosource, $79 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/air-quality-apis/meteosource/79-monthly/llms.txt): $0.026 per 1,000, 33% complete
- [Meteosource, $199 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/air-quality-apis/meteosource/199-monthly/llms.txt): $0.017 per 1,000, 33% complete
- [Meteosource, $399 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/air-quality-apis/meteosource/399-monthly/llms.txt): $0.013 per 1,000, 33% complete
- [Meteosource, contact us](https://datacircle.dev/air-quality-apis/meteosource/contact-us/llms.txt): 33% complete

## Meteosource's calls for this API (1)

- `GET /air_quality`: [Meteosource, $29 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/air-quality-apis/meteosource/29-monthly/llms.txt)

## Meteosource's APIs (3)

- [Meteosource: current weather API pricing, 9 plans](https://datacircle.dev/current-weather-apis/meteosource/free/llms.txt)
- [Meteosource: weather forecast API pricing, 9 plans](https://datacircle.dev/weather-forecast-apis/meteosource/free/llms.txt)
- [Meteosource: air quality API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/air-quality-apis/meteosource/29-monthly/llms.txt)

## Meteosource: air quality API alternatives

- [Botoi, $9 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/air-quality-apis/botoi/9-monthly/llms.txt): $0.03 per 1,000, 67% complete, live
- [Foreca, €4,939 yearly, Cirrus, GET /api/v1/air-quality/forecast/hourly/{location}](https://datacircle.dev/air-quality-apis/foreca/4939-yearly-cirrus-get-api-v1-air-quality-forecast-hourly-location/llms.txt): $0.046 per 1,000, 33% complete
- [Open-Meteo, €1,760 yearly, API Professional (10 million calls), GET /v1/air-quality, Air quality, full](https://datacircle.dev/air-quality-apis/open-meteo/1760-yearly-api-professional-10-million-calls-get-v1-air-quality-air-quality-full/llms.txt): $0.05 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [World Weather Online, $1 monthly, Pro, POST /premium/v1/weather.ashx](https://datacircle.dev/air-quality-apis/world-weather-online/1-monthly-pro-post-premium-v1-weather-ashx/llms.txt): $0.067 per 1,000, 33% complete

## Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-10-30.

- https://www.meteosource.com
- https://www.meteosource.com/air-quality-api
- https://www.meteosource.com/api/v1/standard/openapi.json
- https://www.meteosource.com/faq
- https://www.meteosource.com/pricing
- https://www.meteosource.com/terms-of-service