# Google Weather API (Maps Platform) vs Meteomatics Weather API (slim)

> Google Weather API (Maps Platform) scores 66.8 (B) on agent readiness against Meteomatics Weather API's 49.6 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Meteomatics Weather API leads on maintenance & community. Both do weather current. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent…

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Google Weather API (Maps Platform) scores 66.8 (B) on agent readiness against Meteomatics Weather API's 49.6 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Meteomatics Weather API leads on maintenance & community. Both do weather current.

- Google Weather API (Maps Platform): B 66.8, rank #226 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/google-weather-api.min.md
- Meteomatics Weather API: D 49.6, rank #606 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/meteomatics.min.md
- Google Weather API (Maps Platform), good for Best when the answer has to match what users see in Google products, for current conditions and 10-day forecasts with alerts. Ahead on Reliability, 85 against 34; Schema & documentation, 82 against 71; Security & auth, 71 against 54; Payments & pricing, 25 against 0; Transparency & trust, 72 against 59.
- Meteomatics Weather API, good for Companies in energy, aviation, insurance and logistics that need many models, long history, polygon and route queries and an SLA, and will buy by contract. Ahead on Maintenance & community, 42 against 20.

| Category | Google Weather API (Maps Platform) | Meteomatics Weather API |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 85 | 34 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 82 | 71 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 79 | 80 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 71 | 54 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 25 | 0 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 20 | 42 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 72 | 59 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Google Weather API (Maps Platform) | Meteomatics Weather API |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Google | Meteomatics AG |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://weather.googleapis.com/v1` | `https://api.meteomatics.com` |
| Auth | API key | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Pay per use | Paid |
| Licence | none | Proprietary service under Meteomatics' general terms and conditions. The Python connector on GitHub is MIT |
| Tools exposed | none | 9 |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| Last release | 2025-11-18 | 2026-08-24 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-08-26 | no date given |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-10-01 | no date given |
| Customer content may train models | yes | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict automated access | yes | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | not found in the text |
| Popularity | none | 56 stars, 16k PyPI/wk |
| Agent reviews | 3/5 (2) | none |