# OpenWeather, free, GET /data/2.5/forecast: Weather forecast API

> 5 day forecast is available at any location on the globe. It includes weather forecast data with 3-hour step.

OpenWeather'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/openweather/free-get-data-2-5-forecast
- [Best weather forecast API in 2026: pricing compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-weather-forecast-api.txt)
- Get it: https://openweathermap.org/price
- Request: `GET https://api.openweathermap.org/data/2.5/forecast`
- API key: with the plan, on https://openweathermap.org/price
- Its API docs: https://openweathermap.org/forecast5
- Sold by: OpenWeather (https://openweathermap.org)
- 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: Current weather data · Current air pollution data · Forecast air pollution data · Geocoding API

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: 5 day forecast is available at any location on the globe. It includes weather forecast data with 3-hour step.

## Data

- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: All automated self-service plans are provided under the ODbL (Open Database License). Commercial use is allowed. [...] Provide visible attribution to OpenWeather [...] Share-alike applies only if you: Build a reusable dataset from OpenWeather data, Restructure, combine, or enrich it, Operate your own weather dataset or API based on stored OpenWeather data, Make that dataset or API available outside your organisation [...] If such a database is distributed externally, it must be offered under the same ODbL license.

## Plan

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

## Rate limit

- Per second: 1

## The call

- You send: lat, lon. Optional: cnt, units, lang
- Method: GET
- Path: /data/2.5/forecast

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone

## The 30 fields the plan's answer can hold

latitude, longitude, city ID, city name, country code, city population, UTC offset, sunrise, sunset, forecast time, temperature, feels-like temperature, minimum temperature, maximum temperature, sea-level pressure, ground-level pressure, humidity, cloud cover, wind speed, wind direction, wind gusts, visibility, precipitation chance, rain, snowfall, day or night, conditions, conditions description, weather condition ID, weather icon

## OpenWeather's plans (8)

- [OpenWeather, free, GET /data/2.5/forecast](https://datacircle.dev/weather-forecast-apis/openweather/free-get-data-2-5-forecast/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 100% complete
- [OpenWeather, free for students, GET /data/2.5/forecast](https://datacircle.dev/weather-forecast-apis/openweather/free-for-students-get-data-2-5-forecast/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 100% complete
- [OpenWeather, pay as you go](https://datacircle.dev/weather-forecast-apis/openweather/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt): $1.60 per 1,000, 100% complete
- [OpenWeather, £30 monthly, Startup, GET /data/2.5/forecast](https://datacircle.dev/weather-forecast-apis/openweather/30-monthly-startup-get-data-2-5-forecast/llms.txt): $0.004 per 1,000, 100% complete
- [OpenWeather, £140 monthly, Developer, GET /data/2.5/forecast](https://datacircle.dev/weather-forecast-apis/openweather/140-monthly-developer-get-data-2-5-forecast/llms.txt): $0.0019 per 1,000, 100% complete
- [OpenWeather, £370 monthly, Professional, GET /data/2.5/forecast](https://datacircle.dev/weather-forecast-apis/openweather/370-monthly-professional-get-data-2-5-forecast/llms.txt): $0.00049 per 1,000, 100% complete
- [OpenWeather, £1,200 monthly, Expert, GET /data/2.5/forecast](https://datacircle.dev/weather-forecast-apis/openweather/1200-monthly-expert-get-data-2-5-forecast/llms.txt): $0.00053 per 1,000, 100% complete
- [OpenWeather, contact us, Enterprise, GET /data/2.5/forecast](https://datacircle.dev/weather-forecast-apis/openweather/contact-us-enterprise-get-data-2-5-forecast/llms.txt): 100% complete

## OpenWeather's calls for this API (5)

- `GET /data/2.5/forecast`: [OpenWeather, free, GET /data/2.5/forecast](https://datacircle.dev/weather-forecast-apis/openweather/free-get-data-2-5-forecast/llms.txt)
- `GET /data/2.5/forecast/daily`: [OpenWeather, free for students, GET /data/2.5/forecast/daily](https://datacircle.dev/weather-forecast-apis/openweather/free-for-students-get-data-2-5-forecast-daily/llms.txt)
- `GET /data/2.5/forecast/hourly`: [OpenWeather, free for students, GET /data/2.5/forecast/hourly](https://datacircle.dev/weather-forecast-apis/openweather/free-for-students-get-data-2-5-forecast-hourly/llms.txt)
- `GET /data/3.0/onecall`: [OpenWeather, pay as you go](https://datacircle.dev/weather-forecast-apis/openweather/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt)
- `GET /data/2.5/forecast/climate`: [OpenWeather, £140 monthly, Developer, GET /data/2.5/forecast/climate](https://datacircle.dev/weather-forecast-apis/openweather/140-monthly-developer-get-data-2-5-forecast-climate/llms.txt)

## OpenWeather's APIs (3)

- [OpenWeather: weather forecast API pricing, 8 plans](https://datacircle.dev/weather-forecast-apis/openweather/free-get-data-2-5-forecast/llms.txt)
- [OpenWeather: air quality API pricing, 7 plans, GET /data/2.5/air_pollution](https://datacircle.dev/air-quality-apis/openweather/free-get-data-2-5-air-pollution/llms.txt)
- [OpenWeather: air quality API pricing, 7 plans, GET /data/2.5/air_pollution/forecast](https://datacircle.dev/air-quality-apis/openweather/free-get-data-2-5-air-pollution-forecast/llms.txt)
- [OpenWeather: current weather API pricing, 8 plans](https://datacircle.dev/current-weather-apis/openweather/free-get-data-2-5-weather/llms.txt)

## OpenWeather: weather forecast API alternatives

- [Weather Unlocked, $380 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/weather-forecast-apis/weather-unlocked/380-monthly/llms.txt): $0.00088 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [WeatherAPI.com, $75 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/weather-forecast-apis/weatherapi-com/75-yearly/llms.txt): $0.0021 per 1,000, 100% complete
- [Weatherbit, $5,700 yearly, Business, GET /v2.0/forecast/daily](https://datacircle.dev/weather-forecast-apis/weatherbit/5700-yearly-business-get-v2-0-forecast-daily/llms.txt): $0.0078 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [Seniverse, CNY 6,000 pack, Extra visits 100,000,000 (额外访问量), GET /v3/weather/daily.json](https://datacircle.dev/weather-forecast-apis/seniverse/cny-6000-pack-extra-visits-100000000-get-v3-weather-daily-json/llms.txt): $0.009 per 1,000, 83% complete, 12 hours

## 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://openweathermap.org
- https://openweathermap.org/api
- https://openweathermap.org/faq
- https://openweathermap.org/forecast5
- https://openweathermap.org/full-price
- https://openweathermap.org/price