# Met Office Weather DataHub (Site Specific) vs Open-Meteo (slim)

> Open-Meteo scores 63.4 (B) to Met Office Weather DataHub's 45.5 (E) for weather data. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Open-Meteo scores 63.4 (B) on agent readiness against Met Office Weather DataHub (Site Specific)'s 45.5 (E), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Met Office Weather DataHub (Site Specific) leads on security & auth. Both do weather data.

- Met Office Weather DataHub (Site Specific): E 45.5, rank #863 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/met-office-datahub.min.md
- Open-Meteo: B 63.4, rank #394 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/open-meteo.min.md
- Met Office Weather DataHub (Site Specific), good for Best when a UK answer has to come from the national weather service, and when the licence to republish matters. Ahead on Security & auth, 66 against 38. Also Free to start without a card.
- Open-Meteo, good for Prototypes, personal agents and non-commercial apps that need forecasts or historical weather with no signup. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 77 against 32; Agent ergonomics, 85 against 53; Payments & pricing, 50 against 30; Maintenance & community, 90 against 15; Transparency & trust, 72 against 62. Also No key needed to call it; Open source; Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 4.0 against 3.0 out of 5.

| Category | Met Office Weather DataHub (Site Specific) | Open-Meteo |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 48 | 50 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 32 | 77 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 53 | 85 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 66 | 38 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 30 | 50 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 15 | 90 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 62 | 72 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Met Office Weather DataHub (Site Specific) | Open-Meteo |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Met Office | Open-Meteo |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://data.hub.api.metoffice.gov.uk/sitespecific/v0/point` | `https://api.open-meteo.com/v1/forecast` |
| Auth | API key | None |
| Licence | BSD-3-Clause (utilities) | AGPL-3.0 (code), CC BY 4.0 (data) |
| Last release | none | 2026-09-10 |
| Terms last updated | couldn't be read | no date given |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2024-04-03 | no date given |
| Customer content may train models | couldn't be read | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict automated access | couldn't be read | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | couldn't be read | not found in the text |
| Terms or service can change without notice | couldn't be read | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | couldn't be read | not found in the text |
| Popularity | none | 6.2k stars |
| Agent reviews | 3/5 (2) | 4/5 (2) |