Visual Crossing: The Premier Weather API
General Features & Ease of Use
What makes Visual Crossing the easiest weather API?
Visual Crossing offers the most intuitive, powerful, and versatile weather API available today. With a single-endpoint API that consolidates geocoding, historical, current, and forecasted weather data, Visual Crossing provides a seamless experience from day one. Designed with simplicity in mind, the Weather Query Builder allows anyone—regardless of technical skill—to create sophisticated queries using a point-and-click interface, eliminating the need for complex coding. Whether you’re a developer or a business user, you’ll get weather data at your fingertips—often within minutes of signing up.
What kind of weather data can I access with the API?
Visual Crossing is a one-stop solution for all your weather data needs. Our API includes a diverse range of datasets:
- Current weather (Dozens of weather elements, including temperature, precipitation, humidity.)
- Modeled Forecasts (up to 15 days)
- Long Range, Statistical Forecasts
- Historical Weather (up to 50 years of data)
- Specialized data like Solar, Wind, UV, Agriculture, Maritime and Air Quality Index (AQI).
- Climate normals and statistical data for long-term trend analysis.
Whether you need real-time forecasts or decades of historical weather, Visual Crossing empowers you with hyper-local precision and actionable insights.
Data Quality & Sourcing
Where does Visual Crossing source its weather data?
At the heart of Visual Crossing’s service is high-quality, government-observed weather station data. We go beyond simple reanalysis data (which only estimates conditions) by incorporating data from a wide range of trusted sources—including the highest quality grounds stations, radar, satellite, and real-time weather data. Our data is carefully interpolated from multiple nearby stations and sources for the highest level of accuracy, factoring in geographic distance, elevation, and other key elements. This makes Visual Crossing unparalleled in its reliability and precision—ensuring you get the most accurate weather data every time.
What is meant by “high-resolution weather data”?
Our high-resolution data delivers ultra-precise weather information for specific geographic locations. Unlike basic city-level data, Visual Crossing provides hyper-local forecasts that allow you to make more accurate, data-driven decisions. Whether you need weather info for a single building, field, or microregion, our data scales to meet your needs.
Value & Affordability
Why is Visual Crossing the first choice for businesses and researchers?
Visual Crossing stands out as the top choice for businesses and researchers thanks to its combination of comprehensive data, reliability, and affordability. Known for offering full global coverage, Visual Crossing is the go-to solution for those needing both bulk historical data and real-time weather insights. Whether you’re analyzing long-term trends or integrating weather data into your AI models, Visual Crossing ensures you receive the best performance at the most competitive pricing.
Is there a free tier available?
Yes! Visual Crossing offers an exceptional free tier that includes 1,000 free records per day—and, unlike most competitors, it includes commercial license usage. This means you can deploy Visual Crossing for small use cases in commercial projects, not just test it. This free tier also grants access to full 15-day forecasts and 50 years of historical data, enabling you to test everything you need for short-term or long-term weather analysis. Whether you’re running a small business or just starting your weather-powered AI project, this is the only free weather API tier that lets you do both development and commercial deployment without restrictions.
Developer & Business Integration
What makes Visual Crossing so developer-friendly?
Visual Crossing is designed with developers in mind—whether you’re a novice or an expert. Our Weather Query Builder simplifies the query process, and our AI Coder Tool auto-generates code for your projects. We provide official libraries in multiple programming languages (Python, Java, JavaScript, etc.), ensuring easy integration into your workflows. Plus, our data is available in popular formats like CSV, JSON, and Excel, making it simple to integrate weather data into your existing IT systems.
How easily can I integrate Visual Crossing with my business tools?
Visual Crossing integrates seamlessly with the tools you already use. Our RESTful API queries along with multiple data format options are immediately consumable by most business systems. Our API is fully compatible with Power BI, Excel, and other leading platforms to pull weather data directly into the tool of your choice. Also, with the Zip Code Weather API, you can download bulk U.S. weather data files for quick and easy imports into data repositories, saving valuable time and resources to complete your data loading tasks. Whether you’re analyzing weather alongside business data or looking to build weather-powered applications, Visual Crossing ensures smooth integration into your ecosystem.
Why Choose Visual Crossing?
- All-in-One Solution: Weather data for current conditions, forecasting, historical analysis, and more, all accessible via one API.
- Hyper-Local Precision: Get data for specific locations with pinpoint accuracy.
- Reliable & Accurate: Sourced from trusted weather stations, radar, and satellites.
- Affordable for All: Flexible pricing options, with a robust free tier for small-scale projects and enterprise license usage.
- Developer-Friendly: Easy integration with libraries, tools, and documentation that save time and hassle.
- Global Coverage: Full worldwide coverage with specialized data like agriculture and air quality.
Start Today with Visual Crossing
Unlock the power of accurate, comprehensive weather data. Sign up now for free access to 1,000 records a day and explore how Visual Crossing can elevate your project or business. Unlike other free tiers, you can deploy our weather data commercially, making it the perfect solution for small use cases. Whether you’re building weather-powered AI solutions or simply need reliable weather insights, we’re the partner you can trust.