# Met Office Weather DataHub (Site Specific) vs Xweather Weather API (slim)

> Xweather Weather API scores 67.1 (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 current. Category scores, facts…

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Xweather Weather API scores 67.1 (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 current.

- Met Office Weather DataHub (Site Specific): E 45.5, rank #656 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/met-office-datahub.min.md
- Xweather Weather API: B 67.1, rank #219 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/xweather.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 52. Also Free to start without a card.
- Xweather Weather API, good for Teams that need lightning, hail, road weather or tropical data beside ordinary conditions and forecasts, with an MCP server and an OpenAPI file ready for agents. Ahead on Reliability, 74 against 48; Schema & documentation, 83 against 32; Agent ergonomics, 78 against 53; Maintenance & community, 81 against 15; Transparency & trust, 68 against 62.

| Category | Met Office Weather DataHub (Site Specific) | Xweather Weather API |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 48 | 74 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 32 | 83 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 53 | 78 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 66 | 52 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 30 | 32 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 15 | 81 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 62 | 68 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Met Office Weather DataHub (Site Specific) | Xweather Weather API |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Met Office | Vaisala Oyj |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://data.hub.api.metoffice.gov.uk/sitespecific/v0/point` | `https://data.api.xweather.com` |
| Auth | API key | OAuth or key |
| Licence | BSD-3-Clause (utilities) | Proprietary service under the General Conditions of Subscription Services of Vaisala Group. The OpenAPI files and the agent skills on GitHub are MIT |
| Tools exposed | none | 19 |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| MCP registry | not listed | `com.xweather/weather` |
| Last release | none | 2026-09-14 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2024-04-03 | 2020-06-01 |
| Popularity | none | 0 stars, 1.4k npm/wk |
| Agent reviews | 3/5 (2) | none |