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Yr

Yr is a weather service from the Norwegian Meteorological Institute (MET Norway) and the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK), providing free, high-quality weather forecasts for locations worldwide via a simple REST interface. The MET Weather API offers a comprehensive suite of products including location-based forecasts, weather alerts, nowcasts, ocean forecasts, aviation weather, sunrise and sun event calculations, radar imagery, and historical meteorological observation data. All data is open under CC BY 4.0 and requires only a User-Agent identification header — no API key or account is needed.

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WeatherForecastsMeteorologyClimateNorwayNordicOpen DataAviation WeatherMarine WeatherAlerts

APIs

Locationforecast API

Weather forecasts for any location on Earth up to nine days ahead, returning temperature, wind, precipitation, cloud cover, humidity, and more. Available in compact JSON, comple...

MetAlerts API

Weather alerts and warnings issued by the Norwegian Meteorological Institute for Norway and surrounding areas, returned as CAP (Common Alerting Protocol) XML or GeoJSON.

Nowcast API

Immediate short-range weather forecasts for the Nordic area based on radar data, providing precipitation and wind for the next two hours.

Sunrise API

Calculate sun and moon rise, set, and transit events as seen from any specific location on Earth, including civil, nautical, and astronomical twilight times.

Frost API

REST API for historical meteorological observation data from weather stations worldwide, maintained by MET Norway. Access time-series temperature, precipitation, wind, and other...

Oceanforecast API

Ocean forecasts for points at sea in Northwestern Europe, providing wave height, sea temperature, current direction and speed, and salinity.

Radar API

Radar composite images for various areas in the Nordic region, providing near real-time precipitation radar data in multiple formats and scan types.

Air Quality Forecast API

Forecasts of air quality for locations in Norway, including concentrations of PM2.5, PM10, NO2, and ozone, with daily and hourly granularity.

Pricing Plans

Yr No Plans Pricing

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Rate Limits

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Semantic Vocabularies

Yr No Context

21 classes · 48 properties

JSON-LD

Example Payloads

Yr No Compact Forecast Example

3 fields

EXAMPLE

Yr No Metalert Example

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Yr No Oceanforecast Example

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Yr No Sunrise Example

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LinkedIn
LinkedIn
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Blog
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Pricing
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TermsOfService
TermsOfService
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License
License
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PrivacyPolicy
PrivacyPolicy
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X
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Facebook
Facebook
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GettingStarted
GettingStarted
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Plans
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RateLimits
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FinOps
FinOps

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aid: yr-no
name: Yr
description: Yr is a weather service from the Norwegian Meteorological Institute (MET Norway) and the Norwegian Broadcasting
  Corporation (NRK), providing free, high-quality weather forecasts for locations worldwide via a simple REST interface. The
  MET Weather API offers a comprehensive suite of products including location-based forecasts, weather alerts, nowcasts, ocean
  forecasts, aviation weather, sunrise and sun event calculations, radar imagery, and historical meteorological observation
  data. All data is open under CC BY 4.0 and requires only a User-Agent identification header — no API key or account is needed.
type: Index
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/yr-no/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-06-13'
modified: '2026-06-13'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
tags:
- Weather
- Forecasts
- Meteorology
- Climate
- Norway
- Nordic
- Open Data
- Aviation Weather
- Marine Weather
- Alerts
apis:
- name: Locationforecast API
  description: Weather forecasts for any location on Earth up to nine days ahead, returning temperature, wind, precipitation,
    cloud cover, humidity, and more. Available in compact JSON, complete JSON with probabilistic percentiles, and legacy XML
    formats.
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://api.met.no/weatherapi/locationforecast/2.0/documentation
  baseURL: https://api.met.no/weatherapi/locationforecast/2.0/
  tags:
  - Weather Forecast
  - Location
  - Global
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.met.no/weatherapi/locationforecast/2.0/documentation
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: https://api.met.no/weatherapi/locationforecast/2.0/swagger
- name: MetAlerts API
  description: Weather alerts and warnings issued by the Norwegian Meteorological Institute for Norway and surrounding areas,
    returned as CAP (Common Alerting Protocol) XML or GeoJSON.
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://api.met.no/weatherapi/metalerts/2.0/documentation
  baseURL: https://api.met.no/weatherapi/metalerts/2.0/
  tags:
  - Weather Alerts
  - Warnings
  - Norway
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.met.no/weatherapi/metalerts/2.0/documentation
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: https://api.met.no/weatherapi/metalerts/2.0/swagger
- name: Nowcast API
  description: Immediate short-range weather forecasts for the Nordic area based on radar data, providing precipitation and
    wind for the next two hours.
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://api.met.no/weatherapi/nowcast/2.0/documentation
  baseURL: https://api.met.no/weatherapi/nowcast/2.0/
  tags:
  - Nowcast
  - Short-range Forecast
  - Nordic
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.met.no/weatherapi/nowcast/2.0/documentation
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: https://api.met.no/weatherapi/nowcast/2.0/swagger
- name: Sunrise API
  description: Calculate sun and moon rise, set, and transit events as seen from any specific location on Earth, including
    civil, nautical, and astronomical twilight times.
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://api.met.no/weatherapi/sunrise/3.0/documentation
  baseURL: https://api.met.no/weatherapi/sunrise/3.0/
  tags:
  - Sunrise
  - Sunset
  - Moon
  - Astronomy
  - Global
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.met.no/weatherapi/sunrise/3.0/documentation
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: https://api.met.no/weatherapi/sunrise/3.0/swagger
- name: Frost API
  description: REST API for historical meteorological observation data from weather stations worldwide, maintained by MET
    Norway. Access time-series temperature, precipitation, wind, and other observations.
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://frost.met.no/howto.html
  baseURL: https://frost.met.no/
  tags:
  - Observations
  - Historical Data
  - Climate
  - Global
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://frost.met.no/howto.html
- name: Oceanforecast API
  description: Ocean forecasts for points at sea in Northwestern Europe, providing wave height, sea temperature, current direction
    and speed, and salinity.
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://api.met.no/weatherapi/oceanforecast/2.0/documentation
  baseURL: https://api.met.no/weatherapi/oceanforecast/2.0/
  tags:
  - Ocean
  - Marine
  - Forecast
  - Northwestern Europe
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.met.no/weatherapi/oceanforecast/2.0/documentation
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: https://api.met.no/weatherapi/oceanforecast/2.0/swagger
- name: Radar API
  description: Radar composite images for various areas in the Nordic region, providing near real-time precipitation radar
    data in multiple formats and scan types.
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://api.met.no/weatherapi/radar/2.0/documentation
  baseURL: https://api.met.no/weatherapi/radar/2.0/
  tags:
  - Radar
  - Precipitation
  - Nordic
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.met.no/weatherapi/radar/2.0/documentation
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: https://api.met.no/weatherapi/radar/2.0/swagger
- name: Air Quality Forecast API
  description: Forecasts of air quality for locations in Norway, including concentrations of PM2.5, PM10, NO2, and ozone,
    with daily and hourly granularity.
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://api.met.no/weatherapi/airqualityforecast/0.1/documentation
  baseURL: https://api.met.no/weatherapi/airqualityforecast/0.1/
  tags:
  - Air Quality
  - Pollution
  - Norway
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.met.no/weatherapi/airqualityforecast/0.1/documentation
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://www.yr.no/en
- type: Documentation
  url: https://developer.yr.no/
- type: GitHubOrg
  url: https://github.com/YR
- type: GitHubOrg
  url: https://github.com/metno
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/met-norway/
- type: Blog
  url: https://developer.yr.no/
- type: Pricing
  url: https://developer.yr.no/doc/TermsOfService/
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://developer.yr.no/doc/TermsOfService/
- type: License
  url: https://developer.yr.no/doc/License/
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.met.no/en/About-us/privacy
- type: X
  url: https://twitter.com/meteorologene
- type: Facebook
  url: https://www.facebook.com/yrno-22652235447/
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://developer.yr.no/doc/GettingStarted/
- type: Plans
  url: plans/yr-no-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/yr-no-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/yr-no-finops.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com