{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "met-office-datahub", "name": "Met Office Weather DataHub (Site Specific)", "vendor": "Met Office", "vendorUrl": "https://datahub.metoffice.gov.uk", "kind": "http-api", "category": "weather", "summary": "The UK national weather service's point forecast API.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/met-office-datahub", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/met-office-datahub.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/met-office-datahub.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/met-office-datahub.json", "repo": "https://github.com/MetOffice/weather_datahub_utilities", "license": "BSD-3-Clause (utilities)", "transports": [ "http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://data.hub.api.metoffice.gov.uk/sitespecific/v0/point", "packages": [], "auth": "api-key", "authNotes": "An apikey request header, issued per application after you register on the hub and subscribe a plan to the product. The Met Office's own download scripts show the header and the latitude and longitude query parameters.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "All prices in GBP, excluding VAT. Global Spot is free at 360 calls a day, then £9 a month for 900 a day, £32 for 3,600, £146 for 18,000, £250 for 36,000 and £437 for 72,000. The blended probabilistic forecast is free at 55 calls a day for one site, then £9 for 550 a day, £58 for 4,000, £198 for 14,000, £776 for 55,000, £3,806 for 270,000 and £10,429 for 740,000. Enterprise plans are invoiced (https://datahub.metoffice.gov.uk/pricing/site-specific). Daily limits reset at 00:00 UTC.", "priceSummary": "Freemium", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-09-30" }, "docsUrl": "https://datahub.metoffice.gov.uk/docs/f/category/site-specific/overview", "capabilities": [ "weather.current", "weather.forecast", "weather.alerts", "data.weather" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "official", "government", "uk", "free-tier", "no-card", "freemium", "closed-source" ], "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 45.5, "grade": "E", "agentReady": false, "rank": 656, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 722, "categoryRank": 14, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 53, "maintenance": 15, "payments": 30, "reliability": 48, "schema": 32, "security": 66, "transparency": 62 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-01" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Statutory UK weather service, with a FAQ licence to copy, publish and adapt the data. No OpenAPI, llms.txt, SDK or MCP server.", "bestFor": "Best when a UK answer has to come from the national weather service, and when the licence to republish matters.", "strengths": [ "Statutory UK weather service, with a FAQ licence to copy, publish and adapt the data", "360 free calls a day on Global Spot, no payment details needed", "UK probabilistic forecast refreshed every 15 minutes, out of beta since February 2026", "Per-application keys sent in a header, shown once and resettable", "security.txt on metoffice.gov.uk with a HackerOne reporting route" ], "weaknesses": [ "No OpenAPI, llms.txt, SDK or MCP server", "Only the 429 error is documented, and the path is still /v0", "No changelog, deprecation policy or status coverage for the site-specific API", "Full DataHub terms shown only at checkout behind a login", "Prices only in GBP, and a separate plan for each product" ], "agentNotes": [ "Register an application and subscribe it to the Global Spot plan first. The key is tied to that order and shown once", "Send the key in the apikey header with Accept: application/json, and latitude and longitude as query parameters", "Add excludeParameterMetadata=true to drop the parameter descriptions from every response", "Pick the timestep by need. hourly covers 48 hours, three-hourly 168, daily 7 days, and each call counts against the daily limit", "Stop on a 429. The limit is daily and resets at 00:00 UTC" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 2, "avgRating": 3, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "E", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 45.5 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 53, "maintenance": 15, "payments": 30, "reliability": 48, "schema": 32, "security": 66, "transparency": 36 }, "provenanceScore": 87, "dataQualityScore": 74 }, "connect": { "http": "curl -H \"apikey: $METOFFICE_API_KEY\" -H \"Accept: application/json\" \"https://data.hub.api.metoffice.gov.uk/sitespecific/v0/point/hourly?latitude=51.51\u0026longitude=-0.13\u0026excludeParameterMetadata=true\u0026includeLocationName=true\"" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/weather.current", "tool": "https://letme.dev/met-office-datahub" }, "area": "domain-data", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Met Office, an executive agency of the UK government", "domain": "metoffice.gov.uk", "domainRegistered": "", "domainNote": ".gov.uk has no public RDAP, and a government domain scores in full on age.", "official": true, "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/legal", "privacy": "https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/legal/privacy", "statusPage": "https://datahub.metoffice.gov.uk/support/service-status", "changelog": "", "securityTxt": "valid", "checked": "2026-10-01", "notes": [ "The DataHub-specific terms and conditions are presented when you confirm an order and the /terms path redirects to the login, so the licence summary here is from the hub's FAQ.", "metoffice.gov.uk/.well-known/security.txt points at a HackerOne form and expires 2031-07-01, per the 30 September check.", "The hub's service status page is marked beta and shows data availability for atmospheric model feeds only, not the site-specific API, with no history.", "The privacy policy (updated 2024-04-03) names the Met Office, Exeter, as controller on behalf of the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology.", "Support and enterprise pricing go through dpt@metoffice.gov.uk." ], "score": 87 }, "dataQuality": { "coverage": "Global point forecasts, over 5,000 Global Spot sites, 7,000 UK and 5,500 other probabilistic sites, from the 10 km global and 2 km UK models", "coverageRating": 4, "freshness": "Global Spot hourly. Probabilistic forecast every 15 minutes in the UK domain and four times a day globally", "freshnessClass": "hourly", "history": "None in the site-specific product. Land Observations gives recent UK station data", "historyYears": 0, "methodology": "https://datahub.metoffice.gov.uk/docs/f/category/site-specific/overview", "sourcesDisclosed": true, "licence": "Crown copyright, perpetual non-exclusive licence with credit per the FAQ, full terms at checkout", "licenceClass": "clear", "standing": "The UK's national meteorological service, the body that issues UK weather warnings", "standingClass": "statutory", "reuse": "The FAQ describes a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, non-transferable licence to copy, publish, distribute, adapt and exploit the products, with \"Powered by Met Office data\" shown. The full order terms may add conditions, so read them at checkout.", "score": 74, "checks": null }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/met-office-datahub.json", "live": { "slug": "met-office-datahub", "probe": { "target": "https://data.hub.api.metoffice.gov.uk/sitespecific/v0/point", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-08T21:53:27.482603219Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 404, "lastMs": 25, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 30, "p95ms24h": 74, "samples24h": 270, "samples30d": 1962, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-01", "probes": 109, "ok": 109 }, { "date": "2026-10-02", "probes": 248, "ok": 248 }, { "date": "2026-10-03", "probes": 271, "ok": 271 }, { "date": "2026-10-04", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-05", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-06", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-07", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-08", "probes": 246, "ok": 246 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://datahub.metoffice.gov.uk/support/service-status", "indicator": "unknown", "summary": "no machine-readable status found", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T19:38:46.809798282Z" }, "githubStars": 27, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://metoffice.gov.uk/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "valid", "expires": "2031-07-01T00:00:00Z", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T15:39:10.135237875Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://datahub.metoffice.gov.uk/pricing/site-specific", "kind": "pricing", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:16:53.376044918Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "2dd0683b1c56" }, { "url": "https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/legal/privacy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:29:11.186852627Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-07T18:12:58.12624738Z", "fingerprint": "12871f3839b0" }, { "url": "https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/legal", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:29:08.268053219Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "a85435e9c79e" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-08T21:53:27.482603219Z" } }, "answer": "Meteomatics Weather API scores 49.6 (D) on agent readiness against Met Office Weather DataHub (Site Specific)'s 45.5 (E), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Met Office Weather DataHub (Site Specific) leads on reliability, security \u0026 auth and payments \u0026 pricing.", "b": { "slug": "meteomatics", "name": "Meteomatics Weather API", "vendor": "Meteomatics AG", "vendorUrl": "https://www.meteomatics.com", "kind": "http-api", "category": "weather", "summary": "Meteomatics Weather API returns forecasts, current observations, history back to 1940 and climate scenarios for points, routes, grids and polygons. It is a REST API with a hosted MCP server in beta, sold by contract to businesses.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/meteomatics", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/meteomatics.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/meteomatics.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/meteomatics.json", "repo": "https://github.com/meteomatics/python-connector-api", "license": "Proprietary service under Meteomatics' general terms and conditions. The Python connector on GitHub is MIT", "transports": [ "http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api.meteomatics.com", "packages": [ { "registry": "pypi", "name": "meteomatics" } ], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "Access is granted by sales. A person talks to Meteomatics, signs an offer and receives a username and password by email. REST calls send them as HTTP Basic, or exchange them at https://login.meteomatics.com/api/v1/token for a token that lasts 2 hours and is documented as an `access_token` query parameter. The MCP server uses OAuth with dynamic client registration, the authorisation code grant with PKCE, refresh tokens and one scope, `weather:read`, and logs in with the same account.", "pricing": "paid", "pricingNotes": "No public price. The pricing page says prices are based on usage and package and leads to a sales form. No free tier, sandbox or self-serve trial is on the site, so an agent can't start without a contract. The general terms allow a trial through an individual offer, fees are non-refundable and may be adjusted yearly, and the term renews unless ended 3 months ahead (https://www.meteomatics.com/en/pricing/, checked 2026-10-08).", "priceSummary": "Paid", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs, the OpenAPI file or the pricing page (checked 2026-10-08).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 9, "popularity": { "githubStars": 56, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": 15915, "asOf": "2026-10-08" }, "docsUrl": "https://www.meteomatics.com/en/api/getting-started/", "llmsTxt": "https://www.meteomatics.com/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://swagger-ui.meteomatics.com/meteomatics_swagger_definition.yaml", "capabilities": [ "weather.current", "weather.forecast", "weather.historical", "weather.alerts", "weather.marine" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "enterprise", "sales-led", "closed-source", "openapi", "llms-txt", "mcp", "oauth", "python", "sla", "iso27001" ], "lastRelease": "2026-08-24", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 49.6, "grade": "D", "agentReady": false, "rank": 606, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 722, "categoryRank": 12, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 80, "maintenance": 42, "payments": 0, "reliability": 34, "schema": 71, "security": 54, "transparency": 59 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-08" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "A public OpenAPI file, a hosted MCP server whose nine tools are all marked read-only, a published SLA with compensation and ISO 27001 certification suit company use. Access needs a sales contract, with no public price, free tier or self-serve signup found, no status page, and REST calls that authenticate with a username and password.", "bestFor": "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.", "strengths": [ "Hosted MCP server at https://mcp.meteomatics.com/mcp with nine tools, each annotated `readOnlyHint` true and `destructiveHint` false", "Published SLA dated 7 May 2025 with 99.5 and 99.9 per cent uptime guarantees on the two paid support levels, compensated in free months", "Public OpenAPI 3.0.0 file with 31 operations, plus `llms.txt` and `llms-full.txt` indexes of the site and docs", "ISO 27001 certification announced 23 June 2026, Cyber Essentials, and a named security contact for vulnerability reports", "One URL pattern covers history from 1940, forecasts and climate scenarios, in JSON, CSV, XML, NetCDF or image formats" ], "weaknesses": [ "No public price, free tier or self-serve signup found. Credentials arrive by email after a sales conversation", "No status page found. meteomatics.statuspage.io redirects to an inactive notice and the site links none", "REST calls use HTTP Basic with the account username and password, and the two-hour token may travel as an `access_token` query parameter", "No request rate is published. The query count is set by contract, and 429 carries no documented `Retry-After`", "No API changelog or deprecation policy found. Product update posts appear every two to three months", "The MCP server is described as beta in the vendor's 4 May 2026 guide and isn't in the official MCP registry" ], "agentNotes": [ "Ask the account owner for credentials first. There is no signup, and both the REST API and the MCP server need a Meteomatics account with API access", "Build REST URLs as validdatetime/parameters/location/format, for example `2026-10-08T00:00:00Z/t_2m:C/52.52,13.40/json`. Parameter names carry their unit after a colon", "Keep each query to 10 locations and 10 parameters unless the contract says otherwise, and use POST when a GET URL passes 2,000 characters", "Send credentials or the token in the `Authorization` header. Avoid the documented `access_token` query parameter, which puts the token in URLs and logs", "Read `/user_stats_json` before a large job. It reports queries sent and the contract's limits, and 429 means a limit is spent", "Treat reserved values such as -888 and -999 as invalid or missing data, and shrink the request when a 408 arrives after the 300-second timeout" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "D", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 49.6 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 80, "maintenance": 42, "payments": 0, "reliability": 34, "schema": 71, "security": 54, "transparency": 50 }, "provenanceScore": 68 }, "connect": { "install": "pip install meteomatics", "http": "curl -u USERNAME:PASSWORD 'https://api.meteomatics.com/2026-10-08T00:00:00Z/t_2m:C/52.520551,13.461804/json'", "config": { "name": "meteomatics", "type": "url", "url": "https://mcp.meteomatics.com/mcp" } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/weather.current", "tool": "https://letme.dev/meteomatics" }, "area": "domain-data", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Meteomatics AG", "domain": "meteomatics.com", "domainRegistered": "2011-09-21", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://www.meteomatics.com/en/gtc-meteomatics-ag/", "privacy": "https://www.meteomatics.com/en/privacy-policy/", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-08", "notes": [ "The imprint names Meteomatics AG, Unterstrasse 12, 9000 St. Gallen, Switzerland, company number CHE-375.414.829, with group companies in England, Norway, Germany and the United States.", "The terms are the General Terms and Conditions for Enterprise Customers of Meteomatics AG, dated August 2026. Separate versions exist for Meteomatics GmbH, Meteomatics Limited and Meteomatics Inc.", "The privacy notice (latest update 20 August 2026) covers the group, names the Weather API and names Meteomatics AG as controller. A Data Processing Agreement is published beside it.", "The REST API answers at api.meteomatics.com, tokens at login.meteomatics.com and the MCP server at mcp.meteomatics.com.", "No status page was found. meteomatics.statuspage.io redirects to an inactive notice, and status.meteomatics.com didn't connect for us.", "No API changelog was found. Product updates are posted as news articles at www.meteomatics.com/en/news/.", "www.meteomatics.com, mcp.meteomatics.com and login.meteomatics.com return 404 for /.well-known/security.txt. The information security page gives a contact address for vulnerability reports.", "RDAP gives a registration date of 2011-09-21 for meteomatics.com." ], "score": 68 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/meteomatics.json", "live": { "slug": "meteomatics", "probe": { "target": "https://api.meteomatics.com", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-08T21:53:27.561768864Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 200, "lastMs": 217, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 223, "p95ms24h": 447, "samples24h": 28, "samples30d": 28, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-08", "probes": 28, "ok": 28 } ] }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-08T21:53:27.561768864Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "HTTP API", "b": "HTTP API", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Met Office", "b": "Meteomatics AG", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://data.hub.api.metoffice.gov.uk/sitespecific/v0/point", "b": "https://api.meteomatics.com", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP", "b": "HTTP", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "API key", "b": "OAuth or key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Freemium", "b": "Paid", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "BSD-3-Clause (utilities)", "b": "Proprietary service under Meteomatics' general terms and conditions. The Python connector on GitHub is MIT", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "none", "b": "9", "name": "Tools exposed" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "no", "b": "yes", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "none", "b": "2026-08-24", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "no date given", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "2024-04-03", "b": "no date given", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "none", "b": "56 stars, 16k PyPI/wk", "name": "Popularity" }, { "a": "3/5 (2)", "b": "none", "name": "Agent reviews" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "Meteomatics Weather API scores 49.6 (D) on agent readiness against Met Office Weather DataHub (Site Specific)'s 45.5 (E), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Met Office Weather DataHub (Site Specific) leads on reliability, security \u0026 auth and payments \u0026 pricing.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Met Office Weather DataHub (Site Specific) or Meteomatics Weather API?" }, { "answer": "Met Office Weather DataHub (Site Specific) needs an API key. Meteomatics Weather API takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in.", "question": "Do Met Office Weather DataHub (Site Specific) and Meteomatics Weather API need an API key?" }, { "answer": "Yes. Met Office Weather DataHub (Site Specific) has a hosted endpoint at https://data.hub.api.metoffice.gov.uk/sitespecific/v0/point and Meteomatics Weather API at https://api.meteomatics.com.", "question": "Can an agent call Met Office Weather DataHub (Site Specific) and Meteomatics Weather API without installing anything?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 48 against 34", "Security \u0026 auth, 66 against 54", "Payments \u0026 pricing, 30 against 0" ], "also": [ "Free to start without a card" ], "goodFor": "Best when a UK answer has to come from the national weather service, and when the licence to republish matters.", "slug": "met-office-datahub", "watchFor": "No OpenAPI, llms.txt, SDK or MCP server" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Schema \u0026 documentation, 71 against 32", "Agent ergonomics, 80 against 53", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 42 against 15" ], "also": null, "goodFor": "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.", "slug": "meteomatics", "watchFor": "No public price, free tier or self-serve signup found. 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Both do weather current.\n\n- Met Office Weather DataHub (Site Specific): grade E, 45.5/100, rank #656 of 722. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/met-office-datahub.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/met-office-datahub.json\n- Meteomatics Weather API: grade D, 49.6/100, rank #606 of 722. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/meteomatics.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/meteomatics.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Met Office Weather DataHub (Site Specific) (E)\n\nGood for: Best when a UK answer has to come from the national weather service, and when the licence to republish matters.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 48 against 34\n- Security \u0026 auth, 66 against 54\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 30 against 0\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Free to start without a card\n\nWatch for: No OpenAPI, llms.txt, SDK or MCP server\n\n### Meteomatics Weather API (D)\n\nGood 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.\n\nAhead on:\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 71 against 32\n- Agent ergonomics, 80 against 53\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 42 against 15\n\nWatch for: No public price, free tier or self-serve signup found. Credentials arrive by email after a sales conversation\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Met Office Weather DataHub (Site Specific) | Meteomatics Weather API | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 48 | 34 | Met Office Weather DataHub (Site Specific) +14 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 32 | 71 | Meteomatics Weather API +39 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 53 | 80 | Meteomatics Weather API +27 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 66 | 54 | Met Office Weather DataHub (Site Specific) +12 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 30 | 0 | Met Office Weather DataHub (Site Specific) +30 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 15 | 42 | Meteomatics Weather API +27 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 62 | 59 | Met Office Weather DataHub (Site Specific) +3 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **45.5 · E** | **49.6 · D** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Met Office Weather DataHub (Site Specific) | Meteomatics Weather API |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Met Office | Meteomatics AG |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://data.hub.api.metoffice.gov.uk/sitespecific/v0/point` | `https://api.meteomatics.com` |\n| Transports | HTTP | HTTP |\n| Auth | API key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Paid |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | BSD-3-Clause (utilities) | Proprietary service under Meteomatics' general terms and conditions. The Python connector on GitHub is MIT |\n| Tools exposed | none | 9 |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | no | yes |\n| Last release | none | 2026-08-24 |\n| Terms last updated | couldn't be read | no date given |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2024-04-03 | no date given |\n| Customer content may train models | couldn't be read | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict automated access | couldn't be read | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | couldn't be read | not found in the text |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | couldn't be read | not found in the text |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | couldn't be read | not found in the text |\n| Popularity | none | 56 stars, 16k PyPI/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 3/5 (2) | none |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Met Office Weather DataHub (Site Specific).** Statutory UK weather service, with a FAQ licence to copy, publish and adapt the data. No OpenAPI, llms.txt, SDK or MCP server.\n\n**Meteomatics Weather API.** A public OpenAPI file, a hosted MCP server whose nine tools are all marked read-only, a published SLA with compensation and ISO 27001 certification suit company use. Access needs a sales contract, with no public price, free tier or self-serve signup found, no status page, and REST calls that authenticate with a username and password.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Met Office Weather DataHub (Site Specific)\n\n1. Register an application and subscribe it to the Global Spot plan first. The key is tied to that order and shown once\n2. Send the key in the apikey header with Accept: application/json, and latitude and longitude as query parameters\n3. Add excludeParameterMetadata=true to drop the parameter descriptions from every response\n4. Pick the timestep by need. hourly covers 48 hours, three-hourly 168, daily 7 days, and each call counts against the daily limit\n5. Stop on a 429. The limit is daily and resets at 00:00 UTC\n\n### Meteomatics Weather API\n\n1. Ask the account owner for credentials first. There is no signup, and both the REST API and the MCP server need a Meteomatics account with API access\n2. Build REST URLs as validdatetime/parameters/location/format, for example `2026-10-08T00:00:00Z/t_2m:C/52.52,13.40/json`. Parameter names carry their unit after a colon\n3. Keep each query to 10 locations and 10 parameters unless the contract says otherwise, and use POST when a GET URL passes 2,000 characters\n4. Send credentials or the token in the `Authorization` header. Avoid the documented `access_token` query parameter, which puts the token in URLs and logs\n5. Read `/user_stats_json` before a large job. It reports queries sent and the contract's limits, and 429 means a limit is spent\n6. Treat reserved values such as -888 and -999 as invalid or missing data, and shrink the request when a 408 arrives after the 300-second timeout\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Met Office Weather DataHub (Site Specific) or Meteomatics Weather API?\n\nMeteomatics Weather API scores 49.6 (D) on agent readiness against Met Office Weather DataHub (Site Specific)'s 45.5 (E), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Met Office Weather DataHub (Site Specific) leads on reliability, security \u0026 auth and payments \u0026 pricing.\n\n### Do Met Office Weather DataHub (Site Specific) and Meteomatics Weather API need an API key?\n\nMet Office Weather DataHub (Site Specific) needs an API key. Meteomatics Weather API takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in.\n\n### Can an agent call Met Office Weather DataHub (Site Specific) and Meteomatics Weather API without installing anything?\n\nYes. Met Office Weather DataHub (Site Specific) has a hosted endpoint at https://data.hub.api.metoffice.gov.uk/sitespecific/v0/point and Meteomatics Weather API at https://api.meteomatics.com.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/met-office-datahub-vs-meteomatics.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/met-office-datahub-vs-meteomatics.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"met-office-datahub\", \"b\": \"meteomatics\"}`. 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