OpenWeather vs WeatherAPI.com pricing
Both are in weather apis. OpenWeather is billed per call / freemium tiers; WeatherAPI.com is billed per call / monthly tiers. Numbers below are copied from each vendor's pricing page.
OpenWeatherFree tier or trial
- Free tier
- 1M calls/mo (classic) + 1k One Call calls/day
- Billed
- Per call / freemium tiers
- Best for
- Ubiquitous developer weather API
- Verified
- Jun 27, 2026
WeatherAPI.comFree tier or trial
- Free tier
- 1M calls/mo (3-day forecast)
- Billed
- Per call / monthly tiers
- Best for
- Frictionless freemium weather API
- Verified
- Jun 27, 2026
OpenWeather plans
| Plan | Price | What it covers |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | 60 calls/min, ~1,000,000 calls/month; current weather, 5-day/3-hour forecast, basic endpoints |
| One Call API 3.0 (pay as you call) | 1,000 calls/day free, then ~0.0012 GBP (~$0.0015) per call | Current, minute (1h), hourly (48h), daily (8d), alerts, historical archive, summaries; per-call billing |
| Startup | ~$40/month | 600 calls/min, 10M calls/month; ~95% availability target, data update every ~2 hours |
| Developer | ~$180/month | 3,000 calls/min, 100M calls/month; 99.5% availability, hourly updates |
| Professional | ~$470/month | 30,000 calls/min, 1B calls/month; 99.5% availability, ~10-min updates |
| Enterprise | from $3,000/month | 100,000 calls/min, 3B calls/month; up to 99.9% availability, dedicated/custom terms |
- Meaningful uptime (99.5%+) and faster data refresh are gated behind higher paid tiers; Startup targets only ~95%
- Free tier rate limits (60 calls/min, 429 errors) are easy to hit for moderately popular apps
Source: https://openweathermap.org/price
WeatherAPI.com plans
| Plan | Price | What it covers |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0/mo | 100K calls/month, 3-day forecast, 1 day of history, core APIs. |
| Starter | $7/mo (or $75/yr) | 3M calls/month, 7-day forecast, past 7 days of history. |
| Pro+ | $25/mo (or $270/yr) | 5M calls/month, 300-day forecast, 365 days of history, bulk requests, Pollen API. |
| Business | $65/mo (or $702/yr) | 10M calls/month, 300-day forecast, history from Jan 1 2010, bulk requests + IP blocking. Marketed as Most Popular. |
| Enterprise | Custom | Custom call volume, 365-day forecast, full history, SLA and all advanced features. |
- Formal SLA is gated to the custom Enterprise tier only
- Past changes to the free tier frustrated low-volume hobbyist users who don't want to pay for millions of unused calls
- Pollen API and some advanced data require Pro+ or higher, not lower paid tiers