🌤️ Open-Meteo Global Weather Forecast Scraper

🚀 Pull global weather forecasts and historical climate data: temperature, precipitation, wind, UV, cloud cover for any lat/lng worldwide.

🕒 Last updated: 2026-05-07 · 📊 22 fields per record · Worldwide forecast + 80 years historical · hourly or daily granularity · temperature, precipitation, wind, humidity, cloud, pressure, UV

The Open-Meteo Global Weather Forecast Scraper pulls weather and climate data from Open-Meteo, a free open-data weather API with no key required. Output includes temperature (max/min/apparent), precipitation, rain, snowfall, humidity, dew point, wind speed/gusts/direction, cloud cover, pressure, UV index, sunrise/sunset, and weather codes for any latitude/longitude.

Two modes: forecast (next 16 days globally) or historical (1940 to present). Daily granularity returns one row per day per location with summary stats; hourly granularity returns 24 rows per day with intra-day readings. Multi-location runs supported via lat/lng list. Pure open data — no API key, no quota.

🎯 Target Audience	💡 Primary Use Cases
Travel platforms, agriculture tech, energy traders, logistics, climate researchers, journalists, ML pipelines	Travel-app forecasts, agriculture/crop modeling, energy demand forecasting, climate research, news visualizations

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📋 What the Open-Meteo Global Weather Forecast Scraper does

Five filtering workflows in a single run:

• 📅 Forecast mode. Next 16 days for any lat/lng worldwide.
• 📚 Historical mode. 1940 to present from ERA5 reanalysis.
• ⏱️ Daily or hourly. Daily summaries (1 row/day) or hourly readings (24 rows/day).
• 🌍 Multi-location. Pass any number of lat/lng pairs in a single run.
• 🌡️ Multi-unit. Celsius/Fahrenheit, km/h winds, mm precipitation.

💡 Why it matters: clean, server-side filtering and fresh data on every run.

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🎬 Full Demo

🚧 Coming soon: a 3-minute walkthrough showing how to go from sign-up to a downloaded dataset.

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⚙️ Input

Input	Type	Default	Behavior
maxItems	integer	10	Records to return. Free plan caps at 10, paid plan up to 1,000,000.
mode	string	"forecast"	forecast or historical.
locations	string	newline list	One lat,lng per line.
startDate	string	""	YYYY-MM-DD (historical mode).
endDate	string	""	YYYY-MM-DD (historical mode).
granularity	string	"daily"	daily or hourly.
temperatureUnit	string	"celsius"	celsius or fahrenheit.

Example: 7-day forecast for 3 cities.

{
    "maxItems": 30,
    "mode": "forecast",
    "locations": "52.52,13.41\n40.71,-74.01\n35.68,139.65",
    "granularity": "daily"
}

Example: Berlin historical 2020 hourly.

{
    "maxItems": 200,
    "mode": "historical",
    "locations": "52.52,13.41",
    "startDate": "2020-01-01",
    "endDate": "2020-01-08",
    "granularity": "hourly"
}

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📊 Output

Each record contains 22 fields. Download as CSV, Excel, JSON, or XML.

🧾 Schema

Field	Type	Example
📅 timestamp	string	"2026-05-07"
🌍 latitude	number	52.52
🌍 longitude	number	13.41
🕒 timezone	string	"Europe/Berlin"
📐 elevation	number	38
🌡️ temperatureMax	number	18.5
🌡️ temperatureMin	number	9.2
💧 precipitationSum	number	2.4
🌧️ rainSum	number	2.4
❄️ snowfallSum	number	0
💨 windSpeedMax	number	18.5
💨 windGustMax	number	32.4
🌅 sunrise	string	"2026-05-07T05:32"
🌇 sunset	string	"2026-05-07T20:48"
☀️ uvIndexMax	number	6.2
☁️ weatherCode	number	61

📦 Sample records

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✨ Why choose this Actor

	Capability
🌍	Worldwide coverage. Any lat/lng on Earth.
📚	80 years historical. ERA5 reanalysis from 1940 to present.
⏱️	Daily or hourly. Pick the right granularity per use case.
🆓	No API key. Pure open data with no quota.
⚡	Fast. 100 records in under 30 seconds.

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📈 How it compares to alternatives

Approach	Cost	Coverage	Refresh	Filters	Setup
⭐ This Actor	$5 free credit	Worldwide	Live per run	mode, locations, granularity, units	⚡ 2 min
OpenWeatherMap	$$	Worldwide	Live	Yes	🐢 API key
WeatherAPI	$$	Worldwide	Live	Yes	🐢 API key
Manual NOAA scraping	Free	US-leaning	Variable	DIY	🐢 Days

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🚀 How to use

1. 📝 Sign up. Create a free account with $5 credit (takes 2 minutes).
2. 🌐 Open the Actor. Find the Open-Meteo Global Weather Forecast Scraper on the Apify Store.
3. 🎯 Set input. Pick filters and maxItems.
4. 🚀 Run it. Click Start.
5. 📥 Download. Grab results in the Dataset tab as CSV, Excel, JSON, or XML.

⏱️ Total time from signup to dataset: 3-5 minutes. No coding required.

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💼 Business use cases

✈️ Travel + Tourism Trip-planner forecasts City pages with seasonal stats Best-time-to-visit indicators Beach/ski-resort weather	🌾 Agriculture + Energy Crop modeling with temp + precip Energy demand forecasting Solar generation by UV index Wind farm power forecasting
📰 News + Visualizations Heatwave story visualizations Climate-change overlays Weather-event explainers Year-in-review climate summaries	🤖 ML + Research Train weather-prediction models Build climate-change features Power agriculture/energy dashboards Cross-train with historical reanalysis

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🔌 Automating Open-Meteo Global Weather Forecast Scraper

Control the scraper programmatically:

• 🟢 Node.js. Install the apify-client NPM package.
• 🐍 Python. Use the apify-client PyPI package.
• 📚 See the Apify API documentation for full details.

The Apify Schedules feature lets you trigger this Actor on any cron interval.

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🌟 Beyond business use cases

Data like this powers more than commercial workflows.

🎓 Research and academia Climate-research datasets Reproducible weather snapshots Course materials Cross-region climate studies	🎨 Personal and creative Personal weather dashboards Garden/outdoor planning apps Newsletter content Hobbyist climate analysis
🤝 Non-profit and civic Disaster-response planning Climate-justice research Open-data weather services Civic-tech projects	🧪 Experimentation Train weather forecasting models Prototype weather-aware agents Build climate visualizations Test forecasting libraries

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🤖 Ask an AI assistant about this scraper

Open a ready-to-send prompt in the AI of your choice:

• 💬 ChatGPT
• 🧠 Claude
• 🔍 Perplexity
• 🅒 Copilot

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❓ Frequently Asked Questions

🧩 How does it work?

Pick mode (forecast or historical) and supply lat/lng locations. The Actor calls Open-Meteo and emits one row per day or per hour per location.

📊 How many fields per record?

Up to 22 daily fields, plus weather code, sunrise/sunset, and UV index. Hourly mode returns ~13 columns per row.

📅 What's the historical range?

1940 to present. Open-Meteo's archive is backed by ERA5 reanalysis.

🌍 What lat/lng resolution?

Forecast = ~1km grid (down to building-level for some areas). Historical = ~10km ERA5 grid.

🆓 Is the API really free?

Yes. Open-Meteo is non-profit. No API key for personal/non-commercial use; high-volume commercial users can subscribe.

🔁 Can I schedule runs?

Yes. Schedule daily for fresh forecasts.

⚖️ Is this data free to use commercially?

Yes for moderate volume. For high-volume commercial use, see Open-Meteo's pricing for guaranteed-quota plans.

💳 Do I need a paid Apify plan?

No. The free plan covers preview runs.

🆘 What if a run fails?

Apify retries transient errors. Per-location failures are logged and other locations continue.

☁️ What does weatherCode mean?

WMO standard weather codes. 0=clear, 1-3=mostly clear, 45-48=fog, 51-67=drizzle/rain, 71-77=snow, 80+=showers/storms.

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🔌 Integrate with any app

Open-Meteo Global Weather Forecast Scraper connects to any cloud service via Apify integrations:

• Make - Automate multi-step workflows
• Zapier - Connect with 5,000+ apps
• Slack - Get run notifications
• Airbyte - Pipe data into your warehouse
• GitHub - Trigger runs from commits
• Google Drive - Export datasets to Sheets

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⚠️ Disclaimer: this Actor is an independent tool and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Open-Meteo, ECMWF, NOAA, or any contributing weather agency. All trademarks mentioned are the property of their respective owners. Only publicly available open data is collected.