# Stormglass, free: Current weather API

> stormglass.io delivers frequently updated forecast and observed data with low latency — close to real-time — though it’s not a true live-stream API.

Stormglass's current weather API on its Free 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/stormglass/free
- [Best current weather API in 2026: pricing compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-current-weather-api.txt)
- Get it: https://stormglass.io/pricing
- Request: `GET https://api.stormglass.io/v2/weather/point`
- API key: with the plan, on https://stormglass.io/pricing
- Its API docs: https://docs.stormglass.io/#/weather?id=point-request
- Sold by: Stormglass (https://stormglass.io)
- Checked: 2026-10-30

## In the answer

- Completeness: 71%
- Temperature: ✓
- Precipitation: ✓
- 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: stormglass.io delivers frequently updated forecast and observed data with low latency — close to real-time — though it’s not a true live-stream API.

## Data

- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: Free plan: "Not for commercial use", and "The free test plan is intended solely for evaluation of the Service prior to purchasing a paid plan and is not meant for indefinite ongoing use." Commercial use needs a paid plan: Medium and Large are "Full support and for commercial use" (its FAQ: "you need to subscribe to a paid plan (Medium, Large or any of the plans above) which explicitly allow commercial usage"). "You may not transfer your access rights or disclose your password to any third party." "You are solely responsible for not using the Services for any purpose that is prohibited by these Terms and Conditions or deemed unlawful by local legislation were you operate."

## Plan

- Pay: €0
- You get: 10 requests a day
- Enough for: 10 calls a day

## Rate limit

- Per day: 10
- Batch: 1

## The call

- You send: lat, lng, params, start (the current time), end (the current time). Optional: source
- Method: GET
- Path: /v2/weather/point

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone, for non-commercial use alone

## The 65 fields the plan's answer can hold

time read, temperature, temperature at 80 m, temperature at 100 m, temperature at 1000 hPa, temperature at 800 hPa, temperature at 500 hPa, temperature at 200 hPa, pressure, cloud cover, ocean current direction, ocean current speed, dew point, wind gusts, humidity, ice cover, precipitation, rain, snowfall, graupel, snow albedo, snow depth, sea ice thickness, sea level, swell direction, swell height, swell period, secondary swell direction, secondary swell height, secondary swell period, visibility, water temperature, surface temperature, wave direction, wave height, wave period, wind wave direction, wind wave height, wind wave period, wind direction, wind direction at 20 m, wind direction at 30 m, wind direction at 40 m, wind direction at 50 m, wind direction at 80 m, wind direction at 100 m, wind direction at 1000 hPa, wind direction at 800 hPa, wind direction at 500 hPa, wind direction at 200 hPa, wind speed, wind speed at 20 m, wind speed at 30 m, wind speed at 40 m, wind speed at 50 m, wind speed at 80 m, wind speed at 100 m, wind speed at 1000 hPa, wind speed at 800 hPa, wind speed at 500 hPa, wind speed at 200 hPa, latitude, longitude, daily quota, request count

## Stormglass's plans (5)

- [Stormglass, free](https://datacircle.dev/current-weather-apis/stormglass/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 71% complete
- [Stormglass, €19 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/current-weather-apis/stormglass/19-monthly/llms.txt): $1.425 per 1,000, 71% complete
- [Stormglass, €49 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/current-weather-apis/stormglass/49-monthly/llms.txt): $0.368 per 1,000, 71% complete
- [Stormglass, €129 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/current-weather-apis/stormglass/129-monthly/llms.txt): $0.194 per 1,000, 71% complete
- [Stormglass, contact us](https://datacircle.dev/current-weather-apis/stormglass/contact-us/llms.txt): 71% complete

## Stormglass's calls (1)

- `GET /v2/weather/point`: [Stormglass, free](https://datacircle.dev/current-weather-apis/stormglass/free/llms.txt)

## Stormglass's APIs (2)

- [Stormglass: current weather API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/current-weather-apis/stormglass/free/llms.txt)
- [Stormglass: weather forecast API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/weather-forecast-apis/stormglass/free/llms.txt)

## Stormglass: current weather API alternatives

- [API Ninjas, $149 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/current-weather-apis/api-ninjas/149-monthly/llms.txt): $0.149 per 1,000, 57% complete
- [Google Maps Platform, pay as you go, Cap - 100,000](https://datacircle.dev/current-weather-apis/google-maps-platform/pay-as-you-go-cap-100000/llms.txt): $0.15 per 1,000, 86% complete
- [Weatherstack, $9.99 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/current-weather-apis/weatherstack/9-99-monthly/llms.txt): $0.20 per 1,000, 86% complete, live
- [Seniverse, CNY 1,499 pack](https://datacircle.dev/current-weather-apis/seniverse/cny-1499-pack/llms.txt): $0.224 per 1,000, 57% 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://docs.stormglass.io/errors.md
- https://docs.stormglass.io/sources.md
- https://docs.stormglass.io/weather.md
- https://stormglass.io
- https://stormglass.io/faq
- https://stormglass.io/pricing
- https://stormglass.io/terms-and-conditions