OpenStreetMap · Rate Limits

Openstreetmap Rate Limits

OSMF API tile servers rate-limited per IP under AUP. Production must self-host or use third-party providers.

Openstreetmap Rate Limits is the machine-readable rate-limit profile for OpenStreetMap on the APIs.io network, conforming to the API Commons Rate Limits specification.

It captures 4 rate-limit definitions, measuring requests_per_second, concurrent, and changes_per_day.

The profile also includes response codes documented for throttled and blockedHighVolume.

Tagged areas include Rate Limiting and Open Data.

4 Limits Throttle: 429
Rate LimitingOpen Data

Limits

Tile server (osm.org) ip
requests_per_second · second per tile server
2
Per AUP: be reasonable; bulk download tiles is forbidden.
Nominatim (osm.org) ip
requests_per_second · second per IP
1
Per Nominatim usage policy.
Overpass API (overpass-api.de) ip
concurrent
2
Per public Overpass policy.
Editing API user
changes_per_day
no hard limit
Subject to vandalism review.

Sources