OpenWeatherMap Air Pollution API

Current, forecast, and historical air pollution data with AQI.

Operations 3

GET /air_pollution Current Air Pollution Data #
GET /air_pollution/forecast Hourly Air Pollution Forecast #
GET /air_pollution/history Historical Air Pollution Data #

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OpenAPI Specification

openweathermap-air-pollution-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: OpenWeatherMap Air Pollution API
  version: 2.5.0
  description: Returns current, forecast, and historical air pollution data including the Air Quality Index and concentrations of CO, NO, NO2, O3, SO2, NH3, PM2.5, and PM10 for any coordinates on the globe.
  contact:
    name: OpenWeather
    url: https://openweathermap.org/api/air-pollution
  license:
    name: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International
    url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
servers:
- url: https://api.openweathermap.org/data/2.5
  description: Air Pollution API base URL
security:
- appid: []
tags:
- name: Air Pollution
  description: Current, forecast, and historical air pollution data with AQI.
paths:
  /air_pollution:
    get:
      operationId: getCurrentAirPollution
      summary: Current Air Pollution Data
      description: Returns current air pollution data including the Air Quality Index and concentrations of common pollutants for the supplied latitude and longitude.
      tags:
      - Air Pollution
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Lat'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Lon'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Appid'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Current air pollution response.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/AirPollutionResponse'
        '400':
          description: Invalid request parameters.
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized.
        '429':
          description: Too many requests.
  /air_pollution/forecast:
    get:
      operationId: getAirPollutionForecast
      summary: Hourly Air Pollution Forecast
      description: Returns the hourly air pollution forecast for the next 5 days for the supplied latitude and longitude.
      tags:
      - Air Pollution
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Lat'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Lon'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Appid'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Air pollution forecast response.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/AirPollutionResponse'
        '400':
          description: Invalid request parameters.
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized.
        '429':
          description: Too many requests.
  /air_pollution/history:
    get:
      operationId: getAirPollutionHistory
      summary: Historical Air Pollution Data
      description: Returns historical hourly air pollution data for the supplied coordinates and time window. Data is available from 27 November 2020 onwards.
      tags:
      - Air Pollution
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Lat'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Lon'
      - name: start
        in: query
        required: true
        description: Unix UTC start timestamp.
        schema:
          type: integer
          format: int64
      - name: end
        in: query
        required: true
        description: Unix UTC end timestamp.
        schema:
          type: integer
          format: int64
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Appid'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Historical air pollution response.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/AirPollutionResponse'
        '400':
          description: Invalid request parameters.
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized.
        '429':
          description: Too many requests.
components:
  parameters:
    Lon:
      name: lon
      in: query
      required: true
      description: Longitude in decimal degrees, range -180 to 180.
      schema:
        type: number
        format: float
    Appid:
      name: appid
      in: query
      required: true
      description: OpenWeather API key.
      schema:
        type: string
    Lat:
      name: lat
      in: query
      required: true
      description: Latitude in decimal degrees, range -90 to 90.
      schema:
        type: number
        format: float
  schemas:
    AirPollutionListItem:
      type: object
      properties:
        dt:
          type: integer
          format: int64
        main:
          type: object
          properties:
            aqi:
              type: integer
              description: Air Quality Index. 1 Good, 2 Fair, 3 Moderate, 4 Poor, 5 Very Poor.
        components:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/AirPollutionComponents'
    AirPollutionResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        coord:
          type: object
          properties:
            lat:
              type: number
              format: float
            lon:
              type: number
              format: float
        list:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/AirPollutionListItem'
    AirPollutionComponents:
      type: object
      properties:
        co:
          type: number
          format: float
        false:
          type: number
          format: float
        no2:
          type: number
          format: float
        o3:
          type: number
          format: float
        so2:
          type: number
          format: float
        pm2_5:
          type: number
          format: float
        pm10:
          type: number
          format: float
        nh3:
          type: number
          format: float
  securitySchemes:
    appid:
      type: apiKey
      in: query
      name: appid