# Azure Maps, free, GET /weather/forecast/hourly/json: Weather forecast API

> Use to get a detailed hourly weather forecast for up to 24 hours or a daily forecast for up to 10 days.

Azure Maps's weather forecast API on its Free plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 places. It returns 5 of the 6 key fields we check: Temperature, Precipitation, Wind, Conditions, Humidity.
We rank 165 plans by price. [OpenWeather's £370 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/weather-forecast-apis/openweather/370-monthly-professional-get-data-2-5-forecast/llms.txt) is the cheapest paid plan per 1,000 places: $0.00049.
[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/azure-maps/free-get-weather-forecast-hourly-json
- [Best weather forecast API in 2026: pricing compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-weather-forecast-api.txt)
- Get it: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/azure-maps/
- Request: `GET https://atlas.microsoft.com/weather/forecast/hourly/json`
- API key: with the plan, on https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/azure-maps/
- Its API docs: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/maps/weather/get-hourly-forecast
- Sold by: Azure Maps (https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/products/azure-maps)
- Checked: 2026-10-30

## In the answer

- Completeness: 83%
- Temperature: ✓
- Precipitation: ✓
- Wind: ✓
- Conditions: ✓
- Humidity: ✓

## Price

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

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: Get Current Conditions · Get Daily Forecast · Get Current Air Quality · Get Air Quality Daily Forecasts

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Use to get a detailed hourly weather forecast for up to 24 hours or a daily forecast for up to 10 days.

## Data

- Keep data: Customer may not cache or store results delivered by the Azure Maps API for the purpose of scaling such Results (as defined below) to serve multiple users, or to circumvent any functionality in Azure Maps, including but not limited to (i) map data tiles, or (ii) information on the calculation of a path between two (2) or more points (“Route”) information (collectively the “Results”). Caching and storing Results and locations (latitude and longitude pair) or addresses that have been returned from a call to Azure Maps (“Geocode”/ ”Reverse Geocode”) are permitted where the purpose of caching is to reduce latency times of the Customer Solution. Results may not be stored for longer than: (i) the validity period indicated in returned headers, or (ii) 6 months, whichever is shorter.
- Use data: Customer may not use Azure Maps, or any part thereof (1) to enable turn-by-turn navigation functionality in any Customer Solution or use within an automatic or autonomous vehicle control, or (2) with a vehicle’s dashboard, or a device connected to a vehicles dashboard, systems, or sensors, except that the device may be connected to the vehicle power source for charging purposes. [...] Customer may not use Azure Maps or any part thereof to create a competing database or service, or a derived database populated wholly or partially with Customer’s content and/or content supplied or created by any third party. Customer will not use the content delivered by the Azure Maps in combination with any other third-party database, except that Customer may layer onto the content a type of content not already included within Azure Maps (such as Customer's proprietary content) or which Microsoft separately licenses to Customer. [...] Customer will not modify or create a derivative work based on Azure Maps, or any part thereof, unless expressly permitted to do so under these terms. [...] Microsoft may, in its sole discretion, limit the rate at which Azure Maps, or any portion thereof, may be called. [...] Customer may not display any Results, and/or Azure Maps Weather service results, solely as described in these Terms, on any third-party content or geographical map database. [...] Customers may not remove, obscure, mask or change any logo and/or copyright notice placed on or automatically generated by Azure Maps. Customer must display in a conspicuous manner within Customer Solution any Microsoft or third-party attribution provided by Microsoft.

## Plan

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

## Rate limit

- Per second: 50
- Batch: 1

## The call

- You send: query, api-version "1.1". Optional: duration, unit, language
- Method: GET
- Path: /weather/forecast/hourly/json

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone with an Azure subscription

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

units, hour, temperature, RealFeel temperature, wet-bulb temperature, dew point, humidity, cloud cover, cloud ceiling, conditions, conditions code, day or night, precipitation indicator, precipitation chance, rain, rain chance, snow, snow chance, ice, ice chance, total liquid, UV index, UV index description, visibility, wind speed, wind direction, wind gusts

## Azure Maps's plans (3)

- [Azure Maps, free, GET /weather/forecast/hourly/json](https://datacircle.dev/weather-forecast-apis/azure-maps/free-get-weather-forecast-hourly-json/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 83% complete
- [Azure Maps, pay as you go, <500K, GET /weather/forecast/hourly/json](https://datacircle.dev/weather-forecast-apis/azure-maps/pay-as-you-go-500k-get-weather-forecast-hourly-json/llms.txt): $4.50 per 1,000, 83% complete
- [Azure Maps, contact us, 500K+, GET /weather/forecast/hourly/json](https://datacircle.dev/weather-forecast-apis/azure-maps/contact-us-500k-get-weather-forecast-hourly-json/llms.txt): 83% complete

## Azure Maps's calls for this API (2)

- `GET /weather/forecast/daily/json`: [Azure Maps, free, GET /weather/forecast/daily/json](https://datacircle.dev/weather-forecast-apis/azure-maps/free-get-weather-forecast-daily-json/llms.txt)
- `GET /weather/forecast/hourly/json`: [Azure Maps, free, GET /weather/forecast/hourly/json](https://datacircle.dev/weather-forecast-apis/azure-maps/free-get-weather-forecast-hourly-json/llms.txt)

## Azure Maps's APIs (3)

- [Azure Maps: current weather API pricing, 3 plans](https://datacircle.dev/current-weather-apis/azure-maps/free/llms.txt)
- [Azure Maps: air quality API pricing, 3 plans, GET /weather/airQuality/forecasts/daily/json](https://datacircle.dev/air-quality-apis/azure-maps/free-get-weather-airquality-forecasts-daily-json/llms.txt)
- [Azure Maps: air quality API pricing, 3 plans, GET /weather/airQuality/current/json](https://datacircle.dev/air-quality-apis/azure-maps/free-get-weather-airquality-current-json/llms.txt)
- [Azure Maps: weather forecast API pricing, 3 plans, GET /weather/forecast/hourly/json](https://datacircle.dev/weather-forecast-apis/azure-maps/free-get-weather-forecast-hourly-json/llms.txt)

## Azure Maps: weather forecast API alternatives

- [HERE, pay as you go, Destination Weather: 200,001 to 1,000,000 transactions a month (€3.73 per 1,000), GET /report, Weather report (forecastHourly)](https://datacircle.dev/weather-forecast-apis/here/pay-as-you-go-destination-weather-200001-to-1000000-transactions-a-month-3-73-per-1000-get-report-weather-report-forecasthourly/llms.txt): $4.197 per 1,000, 100% complete
- [Yandex Weather, ₽4,500,000 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/weather-forecast-apis/yandex-weather/4500000-yearly/llms.txt): $4.477 per 1,000, 100% complete
- [MetGIS, €1,440 yearly, Premium, 30,000 calls a month, annual payment](https://datacircle.dev/weather-forecast-apis/metgis/1440-yearly-premium-30000-calls-a-month-annual-payment/llms.txt): $4.501 per 1,000, 100% complete, 6 hours
- [Google Maps Platform, $1,200 monthly, Pro, GET /v1/forecast/hours:lookup](https://datacircle.dev/weather-forecast-apis/google-maps-platform/1200-monthly-pro-get-v1-forecast-hours-lookup/llms.txt): $4.80 per 1,000, 83% 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://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/azure-maps/
- https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/products/azure-maps
- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-maps/azure-maps-qps-rate-limits
- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-maps/understanding-azure-maps-transactions
- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/maps/weather/get-hourly-forecast
- https://prices.azure.com/api/retail/prices?$filter=serviceName%20eq%20%27Azure%20Maps%27%20and%20armRegionName%20eq%20%27eastus%27
- https://www.microsoft.com/licensing/terms/productoffering/MicrosoftAzure/MCA