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Bright Sky (DWD)

Open weather API built on German Weather Service (DWD) data covering all of Germ

🌦 WeatherHEALTHYchecked 7 min ago
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Open weather API built on German Weather Service (DWD) data covering all of Germany with no key required.

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Status badge · for your READMEshipapis health badge: 72 · healthy
Uptime history
99.02%90 days
98.3%30 days
656P50 · ms
3349P95 · ms
operationalpartialdownno data
Response time · last 48 checks
Fastest 67 ms, slowest 1275 ms, most recent 479 ms.
Live response samplecaptured by our last successful check
GET https://api.brightsky.dev/current_weather?lat=52.5&lon=13.4

{
  "weather": {
    "source_id": 303711,
    "timestamp": "2026-07-05T21:00:00+00:00",
    "cloud_cover": 100,
    "condition": "dry",
    "dew_point": 11.44,
    "solar_10": 0,
    "solar_30": 0,
    "solar_60": 0
  },
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": 303711,
      "dwd_station_id": "00433",
      "observation_type": "synop",
      "lat": 52.4676,
      "lon": 13.402,
      "height": 47.7,
      "station_name": "Berlin-Tempelhof",
      "wmo_station_id": "10384"
    },
    {
      "id": 254907,
      "dwd_station_id": "03987",
      "observation_type": "synop",
      "lat": 52.3813,
      "lon": 13.0622,
      "height": 80.9,
      "station_name": "Potsdam",
      "wmo_station_id": "10379"
    }
  ]
}
Call itcurl · fetch · python
curl "https://api.brightsky.dev/current_weather?lat=52.5&lon=13.4"
const res = await fetch("https://api.brightsky.dev/current_weather?lat=52.5&lon=13.4");
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);
import requests

res = requests.get("https://api.brightsky.dev/current_weather?lat=52.5&lon=13.4")
print(res.json())
Endpoints · 3HealthyFULL DOCS ↗
Monitored path responding — GET /current_weather?lat=52.5&lon=13.4656 mschecked 7 min ago
GET/current_weather?lat=52.5&lon=13.4PROBED

Open weather API built on German Weather Service (DWD) data covering all of Germ

GET/current_weather?limit=5

Current Weather — documented GET route.

GET/current_weather?page=1

Current Weather — documented GET route.

Machine-readable spec

We probe a documented GET and expect 2xx JSON — full uptime and health score. Export includes every documented route below.

Response-shape history

Stable. No schema drift observed since monitoring began — the response shape has not changed under our checks.

Bright Sky (DWD): common questions

Is Bright Sky (DWD) free to use?

Yes — Bright Sky (DWD) is a free weather API. Free tier: Unlimited, no key, no credit card. Whether the free tier allows commercial use is unclear — check the provider docs.

Does Bright Sky (DWD) need an API key?

No — Bright Sky (DWD) needs no API key or signup. You can call it straight away; rate limits still apply (Unpublished).

Can I call Bright Sky (DWD) from the browser?

Yes — Bright Sky (DWD) returns CORS headers over HTTPS, so front-end code can fetch it directly with no backend proxy. Use the fetch snippet on this page, or hit "Run live" to try it now.

Is Bright Sky (DWD) up right now?

As of our last scheduled check, Bright Sky (DWD) is healthy with 99.02% uptime over 90 days and a 656 ms median response. We re-probe it every sweep — the status badge and uptime chart above always show the latest.