# IQAir, free: Current weather API

> Real-time weather data

IQAir's current weather API on its Community plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 places. It returns 4 of the 7 key fields we check: Temperature, Wind, Conditions, Humidity.
We rank 102 plans by price. [OpenWeather's £370 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/current-weather-apis/openweather/370-monthly/llms.txt) is the cheapest paid plan per 1,000 places: $0.00049.
[WeatherAPI.com](https://datacircle.dev/current-weather-apis/weatherapi-com/7-monthly/llms.txt), [Weatherbit](https://datacircle.dev/current-weather-apis/weatherbit/495-monthly/llms.txt) and [Open-Meteo](https://datacircle.dev/current-weather-apis/open-meteo/160-monthly-api-professional-10-million-calls-get-v1-forecast-current-weather/llms.txt) are the best current weather API providers in our benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/current-weather-apis/iqair/free
- [Best current weather API in 2026: pricing compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-current-weather-api.txt)
- Get it: https://www.iqair.com/air-quality-monitors/api
- Request: `GET /v2/nearest_city`
- API key: with the plan, on https://www.iqair.com/air-quality-monitors/api
- Its API docs: https://api-docs.iqair.com/
- Sold by: IQAir (https://www.iqair.com)
- Checked: 2026-10-30

## In the answer

- Completeness: 57%
- Temperature: ✓
- Wind: ✓
- Conditions: ✓
- Humidity: ✓

## Price

- $ per 1,000 places: $0.00
- Per: call
- Billing: free

## Overage

- Units cap: hard

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Real-time weather data

## Data

- Keep data: no API terms
- Use data: no API terms

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 10,000 requests a month
- Enough for: 10,000 calls a month

## Rate limit

- Per day: 500
- Per second: 0.083
- Batch: 1

## The call

- You send: lat, lon
- Method: GET
- Path: /v2/nearest_city

## About the plan

- Plan: Community
- Who can get it: anyone

## The 13 fields the plan's answer can hold

city name, state name, country name, latitude, longitude, UTC time, temperature, pressure, humidity, wind speed, wind direction, conditions icon, heat index

## IQAir's plans (3)

- [IQAir, free](https://datacircle.dev/current-weather-apis/iqair/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 57% complete
- [IQAir, contact us, Enterprise, GET /v2/nearest_city](https://datacircle.dev/current-weather-apis/iqair/contact-us-enterprise-get-v2-nearest-city/llms.txt): 57% complete
- [IQAir, contact us, Startup, GET /v2/nearest_city](https://datacircle.dev/current-weather-apis/iqair/contact-us-startup-get-v2-nearest-city/llms.txt): 57% complete

## IQAir's calls (2)

- `GET /v2/nearest_city`: [IQAir, free](https://datacircle.dev/current-weather-apis/iqair/free/llms.txt)
- `GET /v2/nearest_station`: [IQAir, contact us, Enterprise, GET /v2/nearest_station](https://datacircle.dev/current-weather-apis/iqair/contact-us-enterprise-get-v2-nearest-station/llms.txt)

## IQAir's APIs (3)

- [IQAir: air quality API pricing, 3 plans](https://datacircle.dev/air-quality-apis/iqair/free/llms.txt)
- [IQAir: current weather API pricing, 3 plans](https://datacircle.dev/current-weather-apis/iqair/free/llms.txt)
- [IQAir: weather forecast API pricing, 1 plan, GET /v2/nearest_city](https://datacircle.dev/weather-forecast-apis/iqair/contact-us-enterprise-get-v2-nearest-city/llms.txt)
- [IQAir: weather forecast API pricing, 1 plan, GET /v2/nearest_station](https://datacircle.dev/weather-forecast-apis/iqair/contact-us-enterprise-get-v2-nearest-station/llms.txt)

## IQAir: current weather API alternatives

- [WeatherAPI.com, free](https://datacircle.dev/current-weather-apis/weatherapi-com/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 86% complete, live
- [Weatherbit, free, GET /v2.0/current](https://datacircle.dev/current-weather-apis/weatherbit/free-get-v2-0-current/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [Open-Meteo, free, GET /v1/forecast, Current weather](https://datacircle.dev/current-weather-apis/open-meteo/free-get-v1-forecast-current-weather/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [Visual Crossing, free](https://datacircle.dev/current-weather-apis/visual-crossing/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [Bright Sky, free](https://datacircle.dev/current-weather-apis/bright-sky/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 86% 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://api-docs.iqair.com/
- https://www.iqair.com/air-quality-monitors/api
- https://www.iqair.com/legal/terms-conditions