# Open-Meteo, free, GET /v1/forecast, Weather forecast, full: Weather forecast API

> Get detailed JSON hourly weather forecasts for up to 7 or 16 days by specifying the geographical coordinates and desired weather variables in the API endpoint.

Open-Meteo's weather forecast API on its Free plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 places. It returns all 6 key fields we check: Temperature, Precipitation, Wind, Conditions, Humidity, Sun.
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/open-meteo/free-get-v1-forecast-weather-forecast-full
- [Best weather forecast API in 2026: pricing compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-weather-forecast-api.txt)
- Get it: https://open-meteo.com/en/pricing
- Request: `GET https://api.open-meteo.com/v1/forecast`, Weather forecast, full
- API key: not needed
- Its API docs: https://open-meteo.com/en/docs
- Sold by: Open-Meteo (https://open-meteo.com)
- Checked: 2026-10-30

## In the answer

- Completeness: 100%
- Temperature: ✓
- Precipitation: ✓
- Wind: ✓
- Conditions: ✓
- Humidity: ✓
- Sun: ✓

## Price

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

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: Air Quality API · Marine API · Flood API · Elevation API · Geocoding API

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Get detailed JSON hourly weather forecasts for up to 7 or 16 days by specifying the geographical coordinates and desired weather variables in the API endpoint.

## Data

- Freshness: live
- Keep data: While you are permitted to utilise and distribute the data, including for commercial purposes, attribution is a requirement under this licence.
- Use data: Free API: "You may only use the free API services for non-commercial purposes. You accept to the CC-BY 4.0 licence" (terms), paid plans: "A subscription grants a commercial use licence" (pricing page).

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 300,000 requests a month
- Enough for: about 76,923 calls a month

## Rate limit

- Per day: 10,000
- Per second: 1.39

## Speed

- Median: 0.12 s

## The call

- You send: latitude, longitude, hourly "temperature_2m,relative_humidity_2m,dew_point_2m,apparent_temperature,precipitation_probability,precipitation,rain,showers,snowfall,snow_depth,weather_code,pressure_msl,surface_pressure,cloud_cover,visibility,wind_speed_10m,wind_direction_10m,wind_gusts_10m,uv_index,is_day", daily "weather_code,temperature_2m_max,temperature_2m_min,apparent_temperature_max,apparent_temperature_min,uv_index_max,sunrise,sunset,daylight_duration,sunshine_duration,rain_sum,showers_sum,snowfall_sum,precipitation_sum,precipitation_hours,precipitation_probability_max,wind_speed_10m_max,wind_gusts_10m_max,wind_direction_10m_dominant", timezone. Optional: forecast_days (up to 16, 7 by default), past_days, temperature_unit, wind_speed_unit, precipitation_unit, models
- Method: GET
- Path: /v1/forecast

## About the plan

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

## The 49 fields the plan's answer can hold

latitude, longitude, elevation, time zone, time zone abbreviation, UTC offset, generation time, units, hour, temperature, feels-like temperature, humidity, dew point, precipitation chance, precipitation, rain, showers, snowfall, snow depth, day, conditions, sea-level pressure, surface pressure, cloud cover, visibility, wind speed, wind direction, wind gusts, UV index, day or night, daily conditions, high, low, feels-like high, feels-like low, highest UV index, sunrise, sunset, daylight, sunshine, total rain, total showers, total snowfall, total precipitation, precipitation hours, highest precipitation chance, highest wind speed, highest wind gusts, dominant wind direction

## Open-Meteo's plans (8)

- [Open-Meteo, free, GET /v1/forecast, Weather forecast, full](https://datacircle.dev/weather-forecast-apis/open-meteo/free-get-v1-forecast-weather-forecast-full/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [Open-Meteo, €29 monthly, API Standard, GET /v1/forecast, Weather forecast, full](https://datacircle.dev/weather-forecast-apis/open-meteo/29-monthly-api-standard-get-v1-forecast-weather-forecast-full/llms.txt): $0.127 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [Open-Meteo, €99 monthly, API Professional, GET /v1/forecast, Weather forecast, full](https://datacircle.dev/weather-forecast-apis/open-meteo/99-monthly-api-professional-get-v1-forecast-weather-forecast-full/llms.txt): $0.087 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [Open-Meteo, €160 monthly, API Professional (10 million calls), GET /v1/forecast, Weather forecast, full](https://datacircle.dev/weather-forecast-apis/open-meteo/160-monthly-api-professional-10-million-calls-get-v1-forecast-weather-forecast-full/llms.txt): $0.07 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [Open-Meteo, €319 yearly, API Standard, GET /v1/forecast, Weather forecast, full](https://datacircle.dev/weather-forecast-apis/open-meteo/319-yearly-api-standard-get-v1-forecast-weather-forecast-full/llms.txt): $0.117 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [Open-Meteo, €1,099 yearly, API Professional, GET /v1/forecast, Weather forecast, full](https://datacircle.dev/weather-forecast-apis/open-meteo/1099-yearly-api-professional-get-v1-forecast-weather-forecast-full/llms.txt): $0.08 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [Open-Meteo, €1,760 yearly, API Professional (10 million calls), GET /v1/forecast, Weather forecast, full](https://datacircle.dev/weather-forecast-apis/open-meteo/1760-yearly-api-professional-10-million-calls-get-v1-forecast-weather-forecast-full/llms.txt): $0.064 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [Open-Meteo, contact us, API Enterprise (50 million API calls), GET /v1/forecast, Weather forecast, full](https://datacircle.dev/weather-forecast-apis/open-meteo/contact-us-api-enterprise-50-million-api-calls-get-v1-forecast-weather-forecast-full/llms.txt): 100% complete, live

## Open-Meteo's calls for this API (2)

- `GET /v1/forecast`, Weather forecast: [Open-Meteo, free, GET /v1/forecast, Weather forecast](https://datacircle.dev/weather-forecast-apis/open-meteo/free-get-v1-forecast-weather-forecast/llms.txt)
- `GET /v1/forecast`, Weather forecast, full: [Open-Meteo, free, GET /v1/forecast, Weather forecast, full](https://datacircle.dev/weather-forecast-apis/open-meteo/free-get-v1-forecast-weather-forecast-full/llms.txt)

## Open-Meteo's APIs (3)

- [Open-Meteo: air quality API pricing, 8 plans, GET /v1/air-quality, Air quality](https://datacircle.dev/air-quality-apis/open-meteo/free-get-v1-air-quality-air-quality/llms.txt)
- [Open-Meteo: air quality API pricing, 8 plans, GET /v1/air-quality, Air quality, full](https://datacircle.dev/air-quality-apis/open-meteo/free-get-v1-air-quality-air-quality-full/llms.txt)
- [Open-Meteo: current weather API pricing, 8 plans, GET /v1/forecast, Current weather](https://datacircle.dev/current-weather-apis/open-meteo/free-get-v1-forecast-current-weather/llms.txt)
- [Open-Meteo: current weather API pricing, 8 plans, GET /v1/forecast, Current weather, full](https://datacircle.dev/current-weather-apis/open-meteo/free-get-v1-forecast-current-weather-full/llms.txt)
- [Open-Meteo: weather forecast API pricing, 8 plans, GET /v1/forecast, Weather forecast, full](https://datacircle.dev/weather-forecast-apis/open-meteo/free-get-v1-forecast-weather-forecast-full/llms.txt)

## Open-Meteo: weather forecast API alternatives

- [Seniverse, CNY 600 pack, Extra visits 6,000,000 (额外访问量), GET /v3/weather/hourly.json](https://datacircle.dev/weather-forecast-apis/seniverse/cny-600-pack-extra-visits-6000000-get-v3-weather-hourly-json/llms.txt): $0.015 per 1,000, 67% complete, live
- [Meteosource, $29 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/weather-forecast-apis/meteosource/29-monthly/llms.txt): $0.048 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [Weatherbit, $49 monthly, Standard, GET /v2.0/forecast/daily](https://datacircle.dev/weather-forecast-apis/weatherbit/49-monthly-standard-get-v2-0-forecast-daily/llms.txt): $0.065 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [Weatherstack, $1,019.88 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/weather-forecast-apis/weatherstack/1019-88-yearly/llms.txt): $0.085 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://open-meteo.com/
- https://open-meteo.com/en/docs
- https://open-meteo.com/en/licence
- https://open-meteo.com/en/pricing
- https://open-meteo.com/en/terms