# 7Timer!, free, GET /bin/api.pl, CIVIL Light: Weather forecast API

> CIVIL Light is a simplfied version of CIVIL which only provide 7-day forecast on a day-to-day basis.

7Timer!'s weather forecast API on its Free plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 places. It returns 2 of the 6 key fields we check: Precipitation, Conditions.
7Timer! limits how many calls you get but gives no number.
Half of the 165 plans we rank by price cost $0.072 per 1,000 places or less. This plan and 8 others tie for the lowest price per 1,000 places of the 165 plans.
[Weatherbit](https://datacircle.dev/weather-forecast-apis/weatherbit/495-monthly-business-get-v2-0-forecast-daily/llms.txt), [WeatherAPI.com](https://datacircle.dev/weather-forecast-apis/weatherapi-com/7-monthly/llms.txt) and [MET Norway](https://datacircle.dev/weather-forecast-apis/met-norway/free-get-weatherapi-locationforecast-2-0-complete/llms.txt) are the best weather forecast API providers in our benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/weather-forecast-apis/7timer/free-get-bin-api-pl-civil-light
- [Best weather forecast API in 2026: pricing compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-weather-forecast-api.txt)
- Get it: https://www.7timer.info/doc.php?lang=en#acknowledgement_and_disclaimer
- Request: `GET https://www.7timer.info/bin/api.pl`, CIVIL Light
- API key: not needed
- Its API docs: https://www.7timer.info/doc.php?lang=en#civillight
- Sold by: 7Timer! (https://www.7timer.info)
- Checked: 2026-10-30

## In the answer

- Completeness: 33%
- Precipitation: ✓
- Conditions: ✓

## 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: CIVIL Light is a simplfied version of CIVIL which only provide 7-day forecast on a day-to-day basis.

## Data

- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: The weather data distributed in this site are entirely free – you can use or redistribute them as long as you are not using them for commercial purpose. Program developers are asked to notify me when using the data so I can track the server workload. [...] using these data is at your own risk.

## Plan

- Pay: $0

## Rate limit

- Batch: 1

## The call

- You send: lon, lat, product "civillight", output one of "xml" or "json". Optional: lang, unit, tzshift
- Method: GET
- Path: /bin/api.pl

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone not using the data for a commercial purpose

## The 6 fields the plan's answer can hold

cloud cover, 2 m temperature, maximum 2 m temperature, minimum 2 m temperature, 10 m wind, precipitation type

## 7Timer!'s plans (1)

- [7Timer!, free, GET /bin/api.pl, CIVIL Light](https://datacircle.dev/weather-forecast-apis/7timer/free-get-bin-api-pl-civil-light/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 33% complete

## 7Timer!'s calls (5)

- `GET /bin/api.pl`, ASTRO: [7Timer!, free, GET /bin/api.pl, ASTRO](https://datacircle.dev/weather-forecast-apis/7timer/free-get-bin-api-pl-astro/llms.txt)
- `GET /bin/api.pl`, CIVIL: [7Timer!, free, GET /bin/api.pl, CIVIL](https://datacircle.dev/weather-forecast-apis/7timer/free-get-bin-api-pl-civil/llms.txt)
- `GET /bin/api.pl`, CIVIL Light: [7Timer!, free, GET /bin/api.pl, CIVIL Light](https://datacircle.dev/weather-forecast-apis/7timer/free-get-bin-api-pl-civil-light/llms.txt)
- `GET /bin/api.pl`, METEO: [7Timer!, free, GET /bin/api.pl, METEO](https://datacircle.dev/weather-forecast-apis/7timer/free-get-bin-api-pl-meteo/llms.txt)
- `GET /bin/api.pl`, Two-Week-Overview: [7Timer!, free, GET /bin/api.pl, Two-Week-Overview](https://datacircle.dev/weather-forecast-apis/7timer/free-get-bin-api-pl-two-week-overview/llms.txt)

## 7Timer!'s APIs (1)

- [7Timer!: weather forecast API pricing, 1 plan, GET /bin/api.pl, CIVIL Light](https://datacircle.dev/weather-forecast-apis/7timer/free-get-bin-api-pl-civil-light/llms.txt)

## 7Timer!: weather forecast API alternatives

- [Weatherbit, free, GET /v2.0/forecast/daily](https://datacircle.dev/weather-forecast-apis/weatherbit/free-get-v2-0-forecast-daily/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [WeatherAPI.com, free](https://datacircle.dev/weather-forecast-apis/weatherapi-com/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 100% complete
- [MET Norway, free, GET /weatherapi/locationforecast/2.0/compact](https://datacircle.dev/weather-forecast-apis/met-norway/free-get-weatherapi-locationforecast-2-0-compact/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 83% complete, 6 hours
- [Visual Crossing, free](https://datacircle.dev/weather-forecast-apis/visual-crossing/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 100% 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://www.7timer.info
- https://www.7timer.info/doc.php?lang=en