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Overview

What Weatherstack does

Weatherstack provides a simple, reliable REST API for real-time weather data, historical weather, and forecasts. Trusted by thousands of companies for its ease of use and reliability.

What people use it for

  • Current weather lookups by location in an application
  • Historical weather data for analysis on the paid tiers
  • Short and medium range forecasts
  • Bulk location queries on the higher plans

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The honest half

Where it falls short

Concrete and checkable, so you can decide whether any of them matter to you. This is the half of a review a vendor will not write about Weatherstack.

  • The free tier allows 100 API calls a month, which is a demo rather than a usable allowance
  • Historical weather data starts at the Standard plan, $9.99 a month for 50,000 calls
  • Forecasting is tiered: 7 days from Professional at $49.99 a month and 14 days from Business at $99.99
  • Multi-language responses and bulk queries need Professional or above
  • Going past the monthly quota incurs overage charges rather than throttling

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Pricing

What Weatherstack costs

Taken from the vendor's own pricing page. Prices move, so check before you buy.

Free

Free

  • 250 calls/month
  • Current weather
  • Basic data

Standard

$9.99 /mo

  • 50,000 calls/month
  • Forecasts
  • Historical

Capabilities

Features

  • Real-time weather

    Real-time weather capability

  • Historical data

    Historical data capability

  • Forecasts

    Forecasts capability

  • Location lookup

    Location lookup capability

  • Bulk queries

    Bulk queries capability

  • REST API

    Integration with REST API

  • JSON responses

    Integration with JSON responses

  • HTTPS

    Integration with HTTPS

  • Api support

    Available on api

Behind it

Who makes Weatherstack

Company
Apilayer
Based in
Vienna, Austria
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