# MetGIS, free: Current weather API

> The current weather data is obtained from surrounding observations and numerical weather prediction model data for the time at which the request is happening.

MetGIS's current weather API on its Developer key plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 places. It returns 5 of the 7 key fields we check: Temperature, Precipitation, 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/metgis/free
- [Best current weather API in 2026: pricing compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-current-weather-api.txt)
- Get it: https://metgis.com/en/developer-key
- Request: `GET https://point-api.metgis.com/forecast`
- API key: with the plan, on https://metgis.com/en/developer-key
- Its API docs: https://github.com/MetGIS/metgis-api-documentation-public/blob/main/metgis_point_API_reference.md#package-current
- Sold by: MetGIS (https://metgis.com)
- Checked: 2026-10-31

## In the answer

- Completeness: 71%
- Temperature: ✓
- Precipitation: ✓
- Wind: ✓
- Conditions: ✓
- Humidity: ✓

## Price

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

## Charges

- Also pays for: nothing else

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: The current weather data is obtained from surrounding observations and numerical weather prediction model data for the time at which the request is happening.

## Data

- Freshness: live
- Keep data: Point API price list, "Caching of weather data at the customer": "no" on Starter and Smart, "possibly by arrangement" on Premium, "by arrangement" on Enterprise, GTC: "Caching of the weather data is only allowed in certain API data packages, and then only with express permission from MetGIS" (§ 9(12)), "The weather products may only be archived to the extent that they are used solely for the private and internal purposes of the party archiving [...] The archive must not be accessible to third parties." (§ 12(5)), the right of use is "limited in terms of time to the term of the contract" (§ 12(2))
- Use data: GTC § 12(2): "MetGIS shall grant the customer the non-exclusive right to use the weather products and the content contained in these, with this right being unlimited in terms of territory and limited in terms of time to the term of the contract, and, depending on the scope of services agreed by contract, to integrate these into their website or internal or external information systems, apps, or similar items", "The access data transmitted for the purposes of using the products ordered is intended for personal and/or internal company use only" and the customer "shall not use and/or disclose the subject matter of the contract other than in accordance with the details provided by them prior to entering into the contract" (§ 9(8), (9)), "Any further use shall require prior written consent from MetGIS." (§ 9(10)), in return, "If the MetGIS weather data is displayed on publicly accessible websites and in publicly accessible apps, the customer undertakes to add the notice “powered by MetGIS” or “data by MetGIS,” with the MetGIS company logo displayed and linked to the MetGIS website" unless agreed otherwise (§ 9(11)), "Consumers [...] may use the weather products for private purposes only. Integration of the weather forecasts and analyses into the consumer’s website or similar application is not permitted." (§ 12(3)), Point API price list, "Type of use": "No resale" on Starter, Smart and Premium, "by arrangement" on Enterprise

## Plan

- Pay: €0
- You get: 1,000 requests
- Enough for: 1,000 calls
- Expires: 30 days

## Rate limit

- Batch: 1

## The call

- You send: lat, lon, v. Optional: alt, lang
- Method: GET
- Path: /forecast

## About the plan

- Plan: Developer key
- Who can get it: anyone with a MetGIS account, for development and testing only, not for commercial use

## The 23 fields the plan's answer can hold

latitude, longitude, elevation, package description, calculation time (local), calculation time (UTC), conditions icon, moon phase, moonrise, moonset, rain intensity, snow intensity, precipitation intensity, sunrise, sunset, temperature, cloud cover, short conditions, wind direction, wind speed, wind strength, feels-like temperature, humidity

## MetGIS's plans (27)

- [MetGIS, free](https://datacircle.dev/current-weather-apis/metgis/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 71% complete, live
- [MetGIS, €72 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/current-weather-apis/metgis/72-monthly/llms.txt): $8.102 per 1,000, 57% complete, live
- [MetGIS, €102 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/current-weather-apis/metgis/102-monthly/llms.txt): $11.478 per 1,000, 71% complete, live
- [MetGIS, €108 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/current-weather-apis/metgis/108-monthly/llms.txt): $4.051 per 1,000, 57% complete, live
- [MetGIS, €144 monthly, Premium, 30,000 calls a month, monthly payment](https://datacircle.dev/current-weather-apis/metgis/144-monthly-premium-30000-calls-a-month-monthly-payment/llms.txt): $5.401 per 1,000, 71% complete, live
- [MetGIS, €144 monthly, Smart, 100,000 calls a month, monthly payment](https://datacircle.dev/current-weather-apis/metgis/144-monthly-smart-100000-calls-a-month-monthly-payment/llms.txt): $1.62 per 1,000, 57% complete, live
- [MetGIS, €180 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/current-weather-apis/metgis/180-monthly/llms.txt): $0.675 per 1,000, 57% complete, live
- [MetGIS, €192 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/current-weather-apis/metgis/192-monthly/llms.txt): $2.161 per 1,000, 71% complete, live
- [MetGIS, €240 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/current-weather-apis/metgis/240-monthly/llms.txt): $0.90 per 1,000, 71% complete, live
- [MetGIS, €300 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/current-weather-apis/metgis/300-monthly/llms.txt): $0.338 per 1,000, 71% complete, live
- [MetGIS, €456 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/current-weather-apis/metgis/456-monthly/llms.txt): $0.103 per 1,000, 71% complete, live
- [MetGIS, €720 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/current-weather-apis/metgis/720-yearly/llms.txt): $6.752 per 1,000, 57% complete, live
- [MetGIS, €1,020 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/current-weather-apis/metgis/1020-yearly/llms.txt): $9.565 per 1,000, 71% complete, live
- [MetGIS, €1,080 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/current-weather-apis/metgis/1080-yearly/llms.txt): $3.376 per 1,000, 57% complete, live
- [MetGIS, €1,440 yearly, Premium, 30,000 calls a month, annual payment](https://datacircle.dev/current-weather-apis/metgis/1440-yearly-premium-30000-calls-a-month-annual-payment/llms.txt): $4.501 per 1,000, 71% complete, live
- [MetGIS, €1,440 yearly, Smart, 100,000 calls a month, annual payment](https://datacircle.dev/current-weather-apis/metgis/1440-yearly-smart-100000-calls-a-month-annual-payment/llms.txt): $1.35 per 1,000, 57% complete, live
- [MetGIS, €1,800 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/current-weather-apis/metgis/1800-yearly/llms.txt): $0.563 per 1,000, 57% complete, live
- [MetGIS, €1,920 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/current-weather-apis/metgis/1920-yearly/llms.txt): $1.800 per 1,000, 71% complete, live
- [MetGIS, €2,400 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/current-weather-apis/metgis/2400-yearly/llms.txt): $0.75 per 1,000, 71% complete, live
- [MetGIS, €3,000 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/current-weather-apis/metgis/3000-yearly/llms.txt): $0.281 per 1,000, 71% complete, live
- [MetGIS, €4,560 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/current-weather-apis/metgis/4560-yearly/llms.txt): $0.086 per 1,000, 71% complete, live
- [MetGIS, contact us, Enterprise, 30,000 calls a month](https://datacircle.dev/current-weather-apis/metgis/contact-us-enterprise-30000-calls-a-month/llms.txt): 71% complete, live
- [MetGIS, contact us, Enterprise, 100,000 calls a month](https://datacircle.dev/current-weather-apis/metgis/contact-us-enterprise-100000-calls-a-month/llms.txt): 71% complete, live
- [MetGIS, contact us, Enterprise, 300,000 calls a month](https://datacircle.dev/current-weather-apis/metgis/contact-us-enterprise-300000-calls-a-month/llms.txt): 71% complete, live
- [MetGIS, contact us, Enterprise, 1,000,000 calls a month](https://datacircle.dev/current-weather-apis/metgis/contact-us-enterprise-1000000-calls-a-month/llms.txt): 71% complete, live
- [MetGIS, contact us, Enterprise, 5,000,000 calls a month](https://datacircle.dev/current-weather-apis/metgis/contact-us-enterprise-5000000-calls-a-month/llms.txt): 71% complete, live
- [MetGIS, contact us, Enterprise, up to 500,000,000 calls a month](https://datacircle.dev/current-weather-apis/metgis/contact-us-enterprise-up-to-500000000-calls-a-month/llms.txt): 71% complete, live

## MetGIS's calls (1)

- `GET /forecast`: [MetGIS, free](https://datacircle.dev/current-weather-apis/metgis/free/llms.txt)

## MetGIS's APIs (2)

- [MetGIS: current weather API pricing, 27 plans](https://datacircle.dev/current-weather-apis/metgis/free/llms.txt)
- [MetGIS: weather forecast API pricing, 35 plans](https://datacircle.dev/weather-forecast-apis/metgis/free/llms.txt)

## MetGIS: current weather API alternatives

- [Open-Meteo, €29 monthly, API Standard, GET /v1/forecast, Current weather, full](https://datacircle.dev/current-weather-apis/open-meteo/29-monthly-api-standard-get-v1-forecast-current-weather-full/llms.txt): $0.059 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [Weatherbit, $49 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/current-weather-apis/weatherbit/49-monthly/llms.txt): $0.065 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [Weatherstack, $1,019.88 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/current-weather-apis/weatherstack/1019-88-yearly/llms.txt): $0.085 per 1,000, 86% complete, live
- [Visual Crossing, pay as you go](https://datacircle.dev/current-weather-apis/visual-crossing/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt): $0.10 per 1,000, 100% complete, live

## Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-10-31.

- https://github.com/MetGIS/metgis-api-documentation-public
- https://metgis.com/en/developer-key
- https://metgis.com/en/gtc/
- https://metgis.com/en/point-api
- https://metgis.com/en/price-overview
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/MetGIS/metgis-api-documentation-public/main/data_metgis_point_API_reference/variable_list.md
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/MetGIS/metgis-api-documentation-public/main/metgis_point_API_reference.md