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wttr.in pricing and alternatives: current weather API

wttr.in's sitellms.txtBest current weather API in 2026: pricing compared

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86% complete: 6 of the 7 key fields we checkSee the 7 fields
$0.00per 1,000 placesHalf of the 102 plans we rank by price cost $0.05 per 1,000 places or less. This plan and 3 others tie for the lowest price per 1,000 places of the 102 plans.WeatherAPI.com, Weatherbit and Open-Meteo are the best current weather API providers in our benchmark.
Plan: Free wttr.in's only plan
Call: GET /{latitude},{longitude} wttr.in's only call
API: Current weather API one of wttr.in's 2 APIs

About this item

  • Freshness. We don't know how fresh this plan's data is.
  • 6 of the 7 key fields we check. Temperature, Precipitation, Wind, Conditions, Humidity, UV index.
  • Nothing to pay. wttr.in limits how many calls you get but gives no number.
  • One call. You send latitude and longitude to GET /{latitude},{longitude}. You set format to "j1" or "j2". You can also send lang. The call returns the weather at the place now.
  • Anyone can get it. Keep data: no API terms. Use data: no API terms.

wttr.in: current weather API alternatives

We list other providers' plans closest to this plan in price per 1,000 places.

This planwttr.in, freeWeatherAPI.com, freeWeatherbit, free, GET /v2.0/currentOpen-Meteo, free, GET /v1/forecast, Current weatherVisual Crossing, freeStormglass, free
$ per 1,000 places$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00
Completeness86%86%100%100%100%71%
Billingfreefreefreefreefreefree
Pay$0$0$0$0$0€0
Enough fornot published100,000 calls a month50 calls a day300,000 calls a month30,000 calls a month10 calls a day
Freshnessunknownliveliveliveliveunknown
Who can get itanyoneanyoneanyone, for non-commercial use aloneanyone, for non-commercial use aloneanyoneanyone, for non-commercial use alone

Every current weather API provider we score, ranked

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.

  1. github.com/chubin/wttr.in
  2. wttr.in/:help

Product details

The key fields this plan's answer can hold, then each filled column in its row on the sheet.

  • Temperature
  • Precipitation
  • Wind
  • Conditions
  • Humidity
  • Pressure, not in the answer
  • UV index
Price
$ per 1,000 places$0.00
Percall
Billingfree
Charges
Also pays fornothing else
Not found
$ per 1,000$0.00
In their words
Their pitchThe JSON format is a feature providing access to wttr.in data through an easy-to-parse format, without requiring the user to create a complex script to reinterpret wttr.in's graphical output.
Data
Keep datano API terms
Use datano API terms
Plan
Pay$0
Rate limit
Batch1
The call
You sendlatitude, longitude, format "j1" or "j2". Optional: lang
MethodGET
Path/{latitude},{longitude}
About the plan
PlanFree
Who can get itanyone
The 15 fields the plan's answer can hold

temperature, feels-like temperature, humidity, wind speed, wind direction, wind direction compass, pressure, precipitation amount, visibility, cloud cover, UV index, conditions, conditions code, conditions icon URL, observation time

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