# OpenWeather, free, GET /data/2.5/weather: Current weather API

> Access current weather data for any location on Earth! We collect and process weather data from different sources such as global and local weather models, satellites, radars and a vast network of weather stations.

OpenWeather's current weather API on its Free plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 places. It returns 6 of the 7 key fields we check: Temperature, Precipitation, Wind, Conditions, Humidity, Pressure.
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/openweather/free-get-data-2-5-weather
- [Best current weather API in 2026: pricing compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-current-weather-api.txt)
- Get it: https://openweathermap.org/price
- Request: `GET https://api.openweathermap.org/data/2.5/weather`
- API key: with the plan, on https://openweathermap.org/price
- Its API docs: https://openweathermap.org/current
- Sold by: OpenWeather (https://openweathermap.org)
- Checked: 2026-10-30

## In the answer

- Completeness: 86%
- Temperature: ✓
- Precipitation: ✓
- Wind: ✓
- Conditions: ✓
- Humidity: ✓
- Pressure: ✓

## Price

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

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: 5 day / 3 hour forecast · Current air pollution data · Forecast air pollution data · Geocoding API

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Access current weather data for any location on Earth! We collect and process weather data from different sources such as global and local weather models, satellites, radars and a vast network of weather stations.

## Data

- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: All automated self-service plans are provided under the ODbL (Open Database License). Commercial use is allowed. [...] Provide visible attribution to OpenWeather [...] Share-alike applies only if you: Build a reusable dataset from OpenWeather data, Restructure, combine, or enrich it, Operate your own weather dataset or API based on stored OpenWeather data, Make that dataset or API available outside your organisation [...] If such a database is distributed externally, it must be offered under the same ODbL license.

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 1,000,000 requests a month
- Enough for: 1,000,000 calls a month

## Rate limit

- Per second: 1

## The call

- You send: lat, lon. Optional: units, lang
- Method: GET
- Path: /data/2.5/weather

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone

## The 27 fields the plan's answer can hold

latitude, longitude, city ID, city name, country code, UTC offset, sunrise, sunset, time of data calculation, temperature, feels-like temperature, minimum temperature, maximum temperature, sea-level pressure, ground-level pressure, humidity, visibility, wind speed, wind direction, wind gusts, cloud cover, rain, snowfall, conditions, conditions description, weather condition ID, weather icon

## OpenWeather's plans (8)

- [OpenWeather, free, GET /data/2.5/weather](https://datacircle.dev/current-weather-apis/openweather/free-get-data-2-5-weather/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 86% complete
- [OpenWeather, free for students](https://datacircle.dev/current-weather-apis/openweather/free-for-students/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 86% complete
- [OpenWeather, pay as you go](https://datacircle.dev/current-weather-apis/openweather/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt): $1.60 per 1,000, 100% complete
- [OpenWeather, £30 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/current-weather-apis/openweather/30-monthly/llms.txt): $0.004 per 1,000, 86% complete
- [OpenWeather, £140 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/current-weather-apis/openweather/140-monthly/llms.txt): $0.0019 per 1,000, 86% complete
- [OpenWeather, £370 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/current-weather-apis/openweather/370-monthly/llms.txt): $0.00049 per 1,000, 86% complete
- [OpenWeather, £1,200 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/current-weather-apis/openweather/1200-monthly/llms.txt): $0.00053 per 1,000, 86% complete
- [OpenWeather, contact us](https://datacircle.dev/current-weather-apis/openweather/contact-us/llms.txt): 86% complete

## OpenWeather's calls for this API (2)

- `GET /data/2.5/weather`: [OpenWeather, free, GET /data/2.5/weather](https://datacircle.dev/current-weather-apis/openweather/free-get-data-2-5-weather/llms.txt)
- `GET /data/3.0/onecall`: [OpenWeather, pay as you go](https://datacircle.dev/current-weather-apis/openweather/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt)

## OpenWeather's APIs (3)

- [OpenWeather: weather forecast API pricing, 8 plans](https://datacircle.dev/weather-forecast-apis/openweather/free-get-data-2-5-forecast/llms.txt)
- [OpenWeather: air quality API pricing, 7 plans, GET /data/2.5/air_pollution](https://datacircle.dev/air-quality-apis/openweather/free-get-data-2-5-air-pollution/llms.txt)
- [OpenWeather: air quality API pricing, 7 plans, GET /data/2.5/air_pollution/forecast](https://datacircle.dev/air-quality-apis/openweather/free-get-data-2-5-air-pollution-forecast/llms.txt)
- [OpenWeather: current weather API pricing, 8 plans](https://datacircle.dev/current-weather-apis/openweather/free-get-data-2-5-weather/llms.txt)

## OpenWeather: current weather API alternatives

- [World Weather Online, free](https://datacircle.dev/current-weather-apis/world-weather-online/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 71% complete
- [Weather Unlocked, $380 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/current-weather-apis/weather-unlocked/380-monthly/llms.txt): $0.00088 per 1,000, 71% complete, live
- [WeatherAPI.com, $75 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/current-weather-apis/weatherapi-com/75-yearly/llms.txt): $0.0021 per 1,000, 86% complete, live
- [Botoi, $199 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/current-weather-apis/botoi/199-monthly/llms.txt): $0.0066 per 1,000, 71% complete
- [Weatherbit, $5,700 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/current-weather-apis/weatherbit/5700-yearly/llms.txt): $0.0078 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 2026-10-30.

- https://openweathermap.org
- https://openweathermap.org/api
- https://openweathermap.org/current
- https://openweathermap.org/faq
- https://openweathermap.org/full-price
- https://openweathermap.org/price