Meteomatics Weather Data API

openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: Meteomatics Weather Authentication Weather Data API
  description: 'The Meteomatics Weather API provides access to over 1,800 weather parameters including hyperlocal forecasts, historical data back to 1940, climate scenarios to 2100, marine conditions, and environmental variables at up to 1 km resolution globally. The API supports point, multi-location, route, and polygon queries, and returns data in JSON, CSV, XML, PNG, GeoTIFF, WebP, HTML, and NetCDF formats. Authentication is via HTTP Basic Auth or an OAuth2 bearer token.

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  version: '3.0'
  termsOfService: https://www.meteomatics.com/en/terms-and-conditions/
  contact:
    name: Meteomatics Support
    email: support@meteomatics.com
    url: https://www.meteomatics.com/en/contact/
  license:
    name: Commercial
    url: https://www.meteomatics.com/en/pricing/
servers:
- url: https://api.meteomatics.com
  description: Meteomatics production API
security:
- basicAuth: []
- bearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: Weather Data
  description: Query weather parameters for point, grid, multi-location, and route requests
paths:
  /{validdatetime}/{parameters}/{location}/json:
    get:
      summary: Query weather data — JSON output
      description: "Retrieve weather data for a given datetime or time range, one or more weather parameters, and a point or multi-point location. Returns results as JSON.\n**URL pattern:** `/{validdatetime}/{parameters}/{location}/json`\n- `validdatetime` — ISO 8601 timestamp or range+step, e.g.\n  `2026-06-12T00:00:00Z` or `2026-06-12T00:00:00Z--2026-06-15T00:00:00Z:PT1H`\n- `parameters` — comma-separated parameter codes, e.g. `t_2m:C,precip_1h:mm` - `location` — `{lat},{lon}` for a point, or `{lat1},{lon1}+{lat2},{lon2}+...`\n  for multiple points\n"
      operationId: getWeatherDataJson
      tags:
      - Weather Data
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/validdatetime'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/parameters'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/location'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/model'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/access_token'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Weather data in JSON format
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/WeatherResponse'
              example:
                version: '3.0'
                user: api_user
                dateGenerated: '2026-06-12T00:01:00Z'
                status: OK
                data:
                - parameter: t_2m:C
                  coordinates:
                  - lat: 52.5206
                    lon: 13.4618
                    dates:
                    - date: '2026-06-12T00:00:00Z'
                      value: 18.4
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '429':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/RateLimitExceeded'
  /{validdatetime}/{parameters}/{location}/csv:
    get:
      summary: Query weather data — CSV output
      description: 'Retrieve weather data and return as CSV. See the JSON endpoint for full parameter descriptions.

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      operationId: getWeatherDataCsv
      tags:
      - Weather Data
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/validdatetime'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/parameters'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/location'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/model'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/access_token'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Weather data in CSV format
          content:
            text/csv:
              schema:
                type: string
                description: CSV rows with header; columns depend on requested parameters.
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '429':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/RateLimitExceeded'
  /{validdatetime}/{parameters}/{location}/xml:
    get:
      summary: Query weather data — XML output
      description: 'Retrieve weather data and return as XML. See the JSON endpoint for full parameter descriptions.

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      operationId: getWeatherDataXml
      tags:
      - Weather Data
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/validdatetime'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/parameters'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/location'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/model'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/access_token'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Weather data in XML format
          content:
            application/xml:
              schema:
                type: string
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '429':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/RateLimitExceeded'
  /{validdatetime}/{parameters}/{location}/png:
    get:
      summary: Query weather data — PNG image output
      description: 'Retrieve weather data rendered as a PNG raster image.

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      operationId: getWeatherDataPng
      tags:
      - Weather Data
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/validdatetime'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/parameters'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/location'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/model'
      - name: colormap
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
        description: Colormap name to use for rendering (e.g. `blue-white-red`).
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/access_token'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: PNG raster image of the requested weather parameter
          content:
            image/png:
              schema:
                type: string
                format: binary
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
components:
  parameters:
    validdatetime:
      name: validdatetime
      in: path
      required: true
      description: 'ISO 8601 datetime, or a range with step in the form `{start}--{end}:{step}` (e.g. `2026-06-12T00:00:00Z` or `2026-06-12T00:00:00Z--2026-06-15T00:00:00Z:PT1H`).

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      schema:
        type: string
        example: '2026-06-12T00:00:00Z'
    location:
      name: location
      in: path
      required: true
      description: 'Point: `{lat},{lon}` (e.g. `52.52,13.40`). Multi-point: `{lat1},{lon1}+{lat2},{lon2}`. Grid: `{lat_min},{lon_min}_{lat_max},{lon_max}:{lat_res},{lon_res}`.

        '
      schema:
        type: string
        example: 52.52,13.40
    parameters:
      name: parameters
      in: path
      required: true
      description: 'Comma-separated list of weather parameter codes with units, e.g. `t_2m:C,precip_1h:mm,wind_speed_10m:ms`. Over 1,800 parameters supported.

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      schema:
        type: string
        example: t_2m:C,precip_1h:mm
    model:
      name: model
      in: query
      required: false
      description: 'Data source / model to use. `mix` (default) blends the best available sources. Other values: `ecmwf-ifs`, `ncep-gfs`, `mch-cosmo-1e`, etc.

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      schema:
        type: string
        example: mix
    access_token:
      name: access_token
      in: query
      required: false
      description: JWT bearer token as an alternative to the Authorization header.
      schema:
        type: string
  schemas:
    WeatherResponse:
      type: object
      description: Top-level JSON response for weather data queries.
      properties:
        version:
          type: string
          description: API response schema version.
          example: '3.0'
        user:
          type: string
          description: Username associated with the request.
          example: api_user
        dateGenerated:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: UTC timestamp when the response was generated.
          example: '2026-06-12T00:01:00Z'
        status:
          type: string
          description: Response status indicator.
          enum:
          - OK
          - ERROR
          example: OK
        data:
          type: array
          description: Array of weather parameter result objects.
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ParameterData'
    ErrorResponse:
      type: object
      description: Standard error envelope.
      properties:
        status:
          type: string
          example: ERROR
        message:
          type: string
          description: Human-readable error description.
          example: 'Invalid parameter: t_999m:C'
    ParameterData:
      type: object
      description: Weather data for a single parameter.
      properties:
        parameter:
          type: string
          description: Parameter code with unit (e.g. `t_2m:C`).
          example: t_2m:C
        coordinates:
          type: array
          description: Results per requested location.
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/CoordinateData'
    CoordinateData:
      type: object
      description: Weather values at a single geographic coordinate.
      properties:
        lat:
          type: number
          format: double
          description: Latitude in decimal degrees (WGS84).
          example: 52.52
        lon:
          type: number
          format: double
          description: Longitude in decimal degrees (WGS84).
          example: 13.4
        dates:
          type: array
          description: Time-value pairs.
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/DateValue'
    DateValue:
      type: object
      description: A single time-stamped weather value.
      properties:
        date:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: UTC timestamp of the observation or forecast.
          example: '2026-06-12T00:00:00Z'
        value:
          type: number
          description: Numeric value of the weather parameter.
          example: 18.4
  responses:
    Unauthorized:
      description: Authentication credentials are missing or invalid.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
    BadRequest:
      description: The request is malformed — check datetime, parameter codes, or location format.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
    RateLimitExceeded:
      description: Daily request or data-point quota exceeded.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
  securitySchemes:
    basicAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: basic
      description: HTTP Basic Authentication using Meteomatics account credentials.
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: JWT
      description: 'JWT bearer token obtained from `https://login.meteomatics.com/api/v1/token`. May also be supplied as the `access_token` query parameter.

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externalDocs:
  description: Full API documentation
  url: https://www.meteomatics.com/en/api/