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Meteorologisk Institutt

Norwegian Met Institute global forecasts, free with attribution

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The Norwegian Meteorological Institute's api.met.no provides global point forecasts, including the compact locationforecast used here. Pass latitude and longitude and it returns hourly temperature, wind, and precipitation as JSON. It requires an identifying User-Agent and is licensed under CC BY 4.0 / NLOD.

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ON PROBE SCHEDULE

We probe a documented GET and expect 2xx JSON — full uptime and health score. Open provider docs ↗

Uptime historystarts after first probe

On our probe schedule. Uptime charts appear after the first check lands.

Example responsefrom provider docs — not verified by us
GET https://api.met.no/weatherapi/locationforecast/2.0/compact?lat=59.91&lon=10.75

{
  "type": "Feature",
  "geometry": {
    "type": "Point",
    "coordinates": [
      10.75,
      59.91,
      3
    ]
  },
  "properties": {
    "meta": {
      "updated_at": "2026-07-05T09:28:46Z"
    },
    "timeseries": [
      {
        "time": "2026-07-05T10:00:00Z",
        "data": {
          "instant": {
            "details": {
              "air_temperature": 19.2,
              "wind_speed": 4.2
            }
          }
        }
      }
    ]
  }
}
Call itcurl · fetch · python
curl "https://api.met.no/weatherapi/locationforecast/2.0/compact?lat=59.91&lon=10.75"
const res = await fetch("https://api.met.no/weatherapi/locationforecast/2.0/compact?lat=59.91&lon=10.75");
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);
import requests

res = requests.get("https://api.met.no/weatherapi/locationforecast/2.0/compact?lat=59.91&lon=10.75")
print(res.json())
Endpoints · 6On scheduleFULL DOCS ↗
On schedule — GET /locationforecast/2.0/compact?lat=59.91&lon=10.75 awaits first probe
GET/locationforecast/2.0/compact?lat=59.91&lon=10.75PROBED

Norwegian Met Institute global forecasts, free with attribution

GET/locationforecast

Locationforecast — documented GET route.

GET/locationforecast/1

Locationforecast details by ID (example: 1).

GET/locationforecast?limit=10

Locationforecast — documented GET route.

GET/locationforecast/search?q=test

Search by query parameters.

GET/locationforecast/2.0/compact?limit=5

Compact — 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

Not tracked yet. Shape-change history starts once this API joins our probe schedule.

Meteorologisk Institutt: common questions

Is Meteorologisk Institutt free to use?

Yes — Meteorologisk Institutt is a free weather API. Free tier: Free, no key; requires identifying User-Agent. Commercial use is allowed on the free tier.

Does Meteorologisk Institutt need an API key?

No — Meteorologisk Institutt needs no API key or signup. You can call it straight away; rate limits still apply (Throttled; identify via User-Agent and respect caching headers (per docs)).

Can I call Meteorologisk Institutt from the browser?

Yes — Meteorologisk Institutt 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 Meteorologisk Institutt up right now?

Meteorologisk Institutt is catalogued but not yet on our probe schedule, so we don't publish a live status for it. Check the provider's own status page or docs for its current state.