The short answer
Weatherbit is billed tiered subscriptions. It has a free tier: Always-free hobby tier + 1,500 req/day business trial. The paid plans we list start at ~$40/mo (Standard).
Plans and prices
| Plan | Price | What it covers |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0/mo | 50 requests/day, 7–16 day daily forecast + current weather, non-commercial use only |
| Standard | ~$40/mo | 25,000 requests/day, 16-day forecasts, current + lightning, hourly/minutely forecasts, commercial license |
| Plus | ~$180/mo | 250,000 requests/day, adds climate normals, 5-year historical data, weather map tiles |
| Business | ~$475/mo | 2 million requests/day, adds 30-year historical data, air quality API, ag-weather & energy APIs, 99.9% SLA tier |
| Enterprise | ~$950/mo+ (custom) | >2M requests/day, custom configurations, up to 99.99% uptime guarantee and 200ms response SLA |
How Weatherbit bills you
The pricing model is tiered subscriptions. Mid-market API covering forecasts, history, air quality, agriculture and energy, with extensive docs and a limited always-free tier. Best suited to: multi-domain weather datasets.
What to watch for on the bill
- 99.9% SLA and 200ms response guarantee are restricted to Advanced/Enterprise plans; lower tiers get 99.5% and no SLA
- Historical requests over 10 days count as multiple calls against the daily quota, burning quota fast on backfills
The pricing page we read
Source: https://www.weatherbit.io/pricing. Prices change, so confirm there before you commit.
Compare Weatherbit with alternatives
Other weather apis: OpenWeather, Tomorrow.io, WeatherAPI.com, Open-Meteo, Visual Crossing.
Looking at quality rather than price? See the Weatherbit score on APIbenchmarks. Full entry: Weatherbit pricing.